VOA慢速英语:Arrest of Mladic Brings Serbia a Step Closer to EU

短语讲解：

1. He is accused of genocide and other crimes during the war fought after Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。

2. He is charged with the killing of eight thousand Bosnian Muslim men and boys that year at Srebrenica, a town on the border of Serbia.

be charged with被控告
例句：He was charged with smuggling.
他被指控走私。

3. Srebrenica was supposed to have been protected as a United Nations "safe area."

be supposed to应该,被期望
例句：You are supposed to be smart.
你应该聪明点儿。

4. Mr. Mladic is also accused of ordering or carrying out war crimes during the three years in which Sarajevo was surrounded and attacked.

carry out执行; 贯彻
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。
war crimes战争罪

5. His son, Darko Mladic, says his father is not in good health.

in good health身体好
例句：My grandmother is in good health.
我祖母健康状况很好。

6. Russia, an ally of Serbia, has called for a fair trial.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

7. We are doing that because we truly believe this is in accordance with our law.

in accordance with按照，根据
例句：You must play the game in accordance with the rule. 
你必须按照规则进行球赛。

8. Many Serbs, yes, do regard Ratko Mladic as some sort of hero.

regard as把…认作
例句：We regard him as a nothing.
我们把他看作无足轻重的人。

9. They look to the events that took place in Bosnia and rather than seeing him as a military leader of an act of aggression rather view him as being the defender of the Bosnian Serb people.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。
rather than而不是
例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

10. But it’s about recognizing that Serbia’s got to atone for this, pay its price and move on.

atone for赎回,偿还
例句：He promised to atone for his crime.
他承诺要赎自己的罪。