VOA慢速英语:US-Russia Spy Exchange Brings Quick End to Case

in exchange为了换取,作为对…的交换

例句：Wool from Britain may have been traded in exchange for wine.
      过去英国的羊毛可用来换酒。

      Her tuition fees would be waived in exchange for some light housework.
      她做一些轻家务换取学费。

2.The way both countries are handling the issue suggests that "neither side is interested in starting a fight."

neither的用法

(1)neither用作形容词，表示"（两者）都不"，置于单数名词之前。

Neither article is made in Beijing. 这两种物品都不是北京制造的。

I will participate in neither game. 那两项比赛我都不参加。

We discussed neither subject.这两个问题我们都没有讨论。

提醒注意：在口语中以not... either...替换neither使用的情形也很多。例如：

They bought neither house. = They didn't buy either house. 两间房子他们都没买。

(2)neither用作代词，表示"两者都不，双方均不"。例如：

He answered neither of the letters. 他两封信都没回。

She bought two toys, but neither can please the child. 她买了两个玩具，却没有一个能让小孩高兴。

-Which one would you like? 你喜欢哪一个？

-Neither. 两个都不喜欢。

此时，与neither用法较为接近的词是none，但none的含义略有不同，none表示"（三者以上）所有的......都不"。例如：

None of us are perfect. 人无完人。

提醒注意：neither作主语时，通常被视为单数，但从意义上讲也可视为复数。

Neither of the cars was / were damaged. 两部车都没有受损。

3.The only allegations against her was that she communicated with a Russian official through a laptop to laptop communication, without the government specifying the nature of the communications.

without与现在分词连接在一起做状语。

-ing形式作状语,可以表示时间、原因、结果、条件、让步、行为方式、伴随状况等。如:

　　Being a teacher, you should help your students in every way.(原因)

　　He died from a sudden traffic accident, leaving the experiment half-done (so that he left the experiment half-done).(结果)

　　Seeing my parents waving in the crowd, I went running to them.(时间;方式)

　　The students entered the classroom, following their English teacher.(伴随)

　　Listening to English every day (If you listen to English every day), you’ll learn it well step by step. (条件)

4.They are also barred from making any money in the United States by selling their story.

bar from禁止……接近或做

例句：Journalists were barred from entering different parts of the country.
      记者被禁止进入这个国家的各个地区。