VOA慢速英语:What the Arab, Europe Protests Have in Common

短语讲解：
1. Experts say political unrest in the Arab World and protests in Europe have more in common than it may seem.

in common 共同的
例句：The talks showed there was much we shared a lot in common. 
谈判表明, 我们有很多共同点。 

2. People assumed that somehow the Middle East was different and that was based on assumptions that somehow Islam is different.

base on 基于
例句：Processing of seismic data is base on stack. 
地震资料处理是以叠加方法为基础的。

3. Professor Kaldor says the anger was similar to what the Arab demonstrators felt.

be similar to 与...类似
例句：The scrapie agent in sheep may be similar to viroids. 
绵羊的搔痒病因子可能也是类病毒。

4. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promising economic reforms but has failed to satisfy social activists.

fail to 未能
例句：Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity. 
你（如果）不付款，他们就要断电。 

5. Protesters, mostly Shi’ite Muslims, set up camp and demanded reforms.

set up 建立
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country. 
他们在全国建立好多分公司

6. Today, many Bahrainis say they are afraid to use social media.

be afraid to 害怕去做
例句：Never be afraid to make mistakes. 
绝不要怕犯错。

7. It is causing a lot of damage to the national unity and it is causing even suspicion between people who work together or live together or are in the same society or club.

a lot of 大量
例句：He collected a lot of valuable stamps. 
他收集了许多有价值的邮票。  
 
8. Al-Jazeera television recently showed how a Facebook page helped lead officials to a twenty-year-old Shi’ite woman.

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