VOA慢速英语:Mali Conflict Keeps Children Out of School

短语讲解：

1. Militants including some from the group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb took control of the north in April.

take control of 控制
例句：There must is someone who can take control of these naughty children. 
应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子。 

2. The United Nations Security Council is urging West African countries to speed up preparations for a military intervention in northern Mali.

speed up 促使
例句：We will be able to speed up that day. 
我们要促使这一天的来临。 

3. With the presence of several armed groups controlling the area, it is particularly important that we use education as a means of protecting children from the potential for ongoing use of child soldiers.

protect from 保护
例句：Wild wood should be well protect from excessive hag. 
野生森林应该被保护以免过量砍伐。 

4. Human rights groups say the Islamists are actively recruiting children as young as twelve years old.

as...as 像……一样
例句：I wish I can keep looking as young as you . 
我要是能看上去一直像你一样年青多好 。