和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:India Defends Moves Against Social Media

2012-08-28来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. The move comes after the government last week asked companies like Facebook and Twitter to block more than three hundred websites.

come after 紧跟
例句:Spring comes after winter.
冬去春来。

2. A number of the images were reportedly uploaded from Pakistan.

a number of  一些
例句:A number of people have left.
一些人已走了。

3. Officials said the panic that resulted caused thousands of Hindu immigrants to flee the area.

thousands of 成千上万,几千
例句:A computer consists of thousands of components. 
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。 

4. India has to wake up to the need for putting cyber security as the number-one priority for the nation. Unfortunately, India does not even have a national cyber-security policy.

wake up 醒来
例句:I used to wake up early and get up at 6:30. 
我通常醒得早,六点半钟起床。 

5. The government in India has called on social media companies to come up with a plan to keep offensive material off the Web.

come up with 赶上
例句:Slow down a bit and let me come up with you. 
跑慢一点让我赶上吧。