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BBC在线收听下载:考古学家在埃塞俄比亚发现古城
短语讲解:
1.In the past few minutes, the United Nations has said the Islamic State group may be holding more than 100,000 civilians in the city of Mosul as human shields.
more than 超过; 不只是; 很; 在…次以上;
例句:He supervised and trained more than 400 volunteers.
他指导和培训了400多名志愿者。
2.The Mumbai Stock Exchange was hit along with markets, hotels and an airport in one of the worst terror attacks the country has experienced.
along with 连同; 以及; 和…一起[一道]
例句:I'll go along with you.
我将随同你一起去。
3.Hohi Aswaga admitted setting up accounts that allowed football executives to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes.
hundreds of millions of 几亿; 亿万; 好几亿
例句:Under the agreement, Britain will cancel hundreds of millions of pounds in debts owed to it by some of world's poorest countries.
根据该协议,英国将免除世界上一些最不发达国家欠下的数亿英镑的债务。