VOA慢速英语:Victories Noted in Fight Against Islamic State Group

短语讲解：

1. Some of them planned the attacks in Paris that took place in November.

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

2. Experts believe local forces must be able to defend the area if the Islamic State group is to be defeated.

be able to 能够; 能，会
例句：We must be able to stay impartial at all times.
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。

3. At that time, IS quickly advanced on and took control of large areas of northern and western Iraq and eastern Syria.

at that time 当时; 在那时
例句：At that time, financing for new cars was just coming into its own.
当时，新车贷款办法刚刚流行。
take control of 控制
例句：Surely she would take control of the situation; after all she was a professional.
她肯定会控制这局面，她毕竟是个行家。

4. The conditions fostering terrorism will remain if the government does not embark on reform and reconciliatory efforts to engage marginalized Iraqis into an all-inclusive political process based on the rule of law, justice and civil state building.

base on 使建立在…基础上
例句："Base on Yunfu, orient to the world and aim at the future."
立足云浮,面向世界,走向未来。