VOA慢速英语:Putin: Russia Increasing Nuclear Missiles Supply

短语讲解：

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin says more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) will be added to the country's nuclear supply this year.

add  to 增加， 加强
例句：I have nothing to add to my earlier statement.
我对我先前说的话, 没有什么补充的.

2. The Pentagon on Tuesday said Tal Abyad remains contested, but anti-IS forces are very close to closing the border crossing.

close to 离…近; 与…关系密切; 近乎; 临近
例句：All feel close to the top because they are close to the top.
由于他们能靠近上级，所以都感到和上级接近。

3. The cross-border action took place about 600 meters inside Afghanistan, along the border with Pakistan’s tribal territory of Bajur.

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

4. He was sentenced last month along with 100 others in connection with a 2011 mass prison escape.

in connection with 与...有关
例句：He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。