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BBC在线收听下载:福特放弃墨西哥16亿美元建厂计划
短语讲解:
1. The White House says it's likely more inmates will be released from the Guantanamo bay detention center before president Obama steps down on Jan. 20
release from 把…从…解脱出来
例句:This medicine will give you release from pain.
这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。
2. Closing the camp was a priority when Mr. Obama took office eight years ago, but his plans have been thwarted by congress.
take office 就职; 任职; 绾结印绶
例句:When will the new President take office?
新总统什么时候就职。
3. Syrian activists say airstrikes have hit a building used by a jihadist rebel group in the Northern Province of Idlib killing at least 25 people.
at least 至少
例句:He's been away for at least a week.
他走了总有一个星期吧。
4. The death of Sister Frances Carr at the age of 89 leaves just two members of the faith.
at the age of 在…岁时
例句:He'd dropped out of high school at the age of 16
他16岁的时候就从中学退学了。