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Step by Step 3000 第3册 Unit2:Language Study and Appreciation
Part 4. Language study and language appreciation.
Listen to the following statements you have learned in the previous and present units.Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language.
1. to make commitments to do sth. / to reverse the spread of...
With the final declaration on its role in the 21st century, the summit's statement is expected to call on UN members to make commitments to eradicate poverty, promote democracy and education, and reverse the spread of AIDS.
2. to join ranks / to shrug off.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has decided to invite Burma to join its ranks, shrugging off western denunciations of the military regime in Rangoon.
3. on the first round of balloting.
Columbia, Ireland and Singapore won the required two thirds majority on the first round of balloting.
Ireland easily captured one of the two seats allotted to the western industrialized group of nations on the first ballot.
4.to press the case for.
King Harald of Norway came to New York last week to press the case for his nation's representation on the Security Council for the first time since 1982.
5. to cast the dissenting vote.
The United States cast the sole dissenting vote and Canada abstained.
6. to swelter with / to be transformed into an oasis of.
I have a dream that one day, even the State of Mississippi, an state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream.
7. to meet the challenge head-on.
One area that's met the recycling challenge head-on is the southeast city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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