和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:G7 Leaders to Continue Sanctions on Russia

2015-06-09来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. They also are to meet with top officials from African nations.

meet with 碰到;偶然遇到
例句:I will meet with Peter this evening.
今天晚上我要与彼得会面。

2. United Nations officials have organized the talks, which are to take place in Geneva, Switzerland.

take place 发生
例句:Earthquakes take place far underground.
地震则发生在地球的极深处。

3. It calls for the Houthis to leave the areas they have seized and to end the use of violence.

call for 需要
例句:Different circumstances call for different tactics.
不同的情势需要不同的策略。

4. More than 200 police officers are searching for two murderers who escaped from a prison in the American state of New York. T

search for 寻找
例句:The search for peace also means the search for justice.
寻求和平也意味着寻求正义。
escape from 逃避;逃出;从…漏出
例句:The jailer connived at the escape from prison.
狱吏纵容犯人的逃狱。

5. Officials say the men used electric-powered tools to cut through the prison walls sometime between late Friday and early Saturday.

cut through 穿过,挤进
例句:He cut through a forest to get home.
他穿过一片森林才到家。