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VOA慢速英语:More East Jerusalem Palestinians Seeking Israeli Citizenship

2015-08-17来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. The homes of some Palestinians have been separated from the rest of Jerusalem for the past 10 years.

separate from 分开; 区别
例句：We should never separate from the masses.
我们绝不应该脱离群众。

2. Israel built a wall around them after a number of suicide bombings.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：A number of intoxicants are associated with metabolic acidosis.
许多毒性物质可引起代谢性酸中毒。

3. Those Palestinians fear they may lose Jerusalem residency as a result.

as a result 结果，因此
例句：Our water supply has diminished as a result of the drought.
由于旱灾我们的水贮备减少了。