VOA慢速英语:US Ambassador Killed in Libya

1. consulate n. 领事职;领事任期
例句：The consulate was upgraded to embassy status. 
该领事馆已升格为大使馆. 

2. responsible adj. 需负责任的
例句：He denied that he was responsible for the accident. 
他否认他应对那个事故负责。 

3. elimination n. 排除;淘汰
例句：Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.
他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。

4. opposition n. 反对;反抗;对抗
例句：The new tax program met with fierce opposition.
新的征税计划遭到强烈反对。

5. embassy n. 大使馆
例句：They went to a reception at the American Embassy in Moscow.
他们去参加了莫斯科的美国大使馆的招待会。

6. appear vi. 出现;显露
例句：Gradually a smile appeared on her face.
她脸上渐渐地露出笑容。

短语讲解：

1. And so they are in the process now of trying to consolidate the country and put together a government.

put together 把...放在一起;组合
例句：They were putting the machine together.
他们正在装配机器。

2. I know you just talked about it a little bit, but how close are they to a government?

talk about 谈论;谈到
例句：What are they talking about?
他们在谈什么?

3. But this, of course, when you have the death of four Americans including an ambassador, it is quite a shocking event, at a time when one was more or less lulled into the Arab Spring."

of course 当然
例句：Of course I remember him.
我当然记得他。
at a time 每次;一次
例句：Take three pills at a time.
每次服三粒。

4. At the same time you have Americans saying this is an overreaction, that Muslims are being baited, and Muslims are rising to the occasion, and that this justifies Islamaphobia.

at the same time 同时;然而
例句：He may be very rude sometimes but at the same time he is very kind.
有时候他可能很粗鲁,然而他还是很善良。