VOA慢速英语:In Ivory Coast, the Great Cost of Conflict

短语讲解：

1. He is the internationally recognized winner of the presidential election last year.

presidential election 总统选举
例句：The presidential election will take place next year. 
 总统选举将在明年举行。

2. But President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to accept the results.

refuse to 拒绝…
例句：I refuse to entertain such a foolish idea. 
 我拒绝考虑如此愚蠢的想法。

3. The Red Cross has appealed for an additional sixteen million dollars to help people entering Liberia.

appeal for 请求，呼吁
例句：The speaker made an eloquent appeal for human rights. 
 该发言人就人权问题发出了强有力的呼吁。

4. Pro-Gbagbo forces surrendered the airport to the nearly ten thousand United Nations peacekeeping troops in the country.

peacekeeping troops 维和部队
例句：U.N. peacekeeping troops and a force from Gabon assisted with security.
联合国维和部队和一支来自加蓬的军队协助治安。
  
5. He served as prime minister in the early nineteen nineties.

serve as 充当，担任
例句：Historical experience would serve as a most important source of information. 
 历史的经验将是一个重要的信息来源。

6. A peace treaty in two thousand seven led to the presidential election last year.

lead to 导致，引起
例句：Smoking can lead to lung cancer. 
 抽烟可能导致肺癌。