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1. Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff has said she felt indignant and wronged by the decision of the lower house of congress to go ahead with impeachment proceedings against her.

go ahead with 继续进行
例句：You wanted to go ahead with it.
你要一意孤行。

2. The senate is expected to open an impeachment trial next month and suspend the president while the proceedings take place.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：I shall be expected to shell out the money for the party.
我将要支付这个集会的费用。

3. There is no longer any safe drinking water or sanitation system.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：His mind could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality.
他的头脑已经不再能分清幻觉和现实。

4. They're living in a number of hospitals that have come down.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：Monkeys are transmitters of a number of dangerous diseases.
猴子是许多危险疾病的传染媒介。

5. The Democrats front-runner Hillary Clinton told voters she wasn't taking anything for granted in spite of her strong opinion poll ratings.

in spite of 不顾; 虽然， 尽管…; 别看
例句：He was hell-bent on going in spite of the heavy rain.
尽管下着大雨，他还是坚决要出去。

6. Pearl Jam, who had been due to perform there on Wednesday, described the law as despicable.

due to 由于; 因为; 欠下债[账]
例句：Success was due to his inhuman efforts.
成功归功于他超人的努力。

7. There has been an explosion in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul.

in the center of 在中间，在中央
例句：Alice stood in the center of a large group.
爱丽丝站在一大群人的中央。

8. And the opportunity didn't seem to be there for other species to lead to new species themselves.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。