BBC在线收听下载:中国“象牙女王”开庭受审

短语讲解：

1. The attack took place hours before a voting camp in the region close to the capital Manila that election officials have called an area of concern Because of political rivalries.

take place 发生，举行
例句：His graduation will never take place if he doesn't get to work.
如果他不下功夫，就永远不会毕业。

2. The government says it aims to step up global action to expose, punish and drive out corruption and says it’s lead the way on tackling tax evasion and avoidance.

step up 走上; （使） 增加; （使） 加快速度
例句：We must step up our vigilance.
我们一定要提高警惕。

3. The British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to warn that peace in Europe could be at risk if Britain votes to leave the EU in what our correspondent say will be his most forceful intervention yet in the debate, Mr.Cameron will argue that the EU has helped bring together countries that had been, as he put it, at each other’s throats for decades.

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。
at risk 有危险
例句：Were those patients now at risk?
那些病人现在是否处于危险之中呢？
each other 互相，彼此
例句：Do you often help each other with your lessons?
你们经常互相帮助复习功课吗？