VOA慢速英语:Britain Officially Starts Withdrawal from European Union

短语讲解：

1.Talks on security, business, defense, health, the environment and other issues are expected to be complex.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：I shall be expected to shell out the money for the party.
我将要支付这个集会的费用。

2. Few Britons and political observers agree on what Brexit will mean for Britain and its partners.|

agree on 对某事[物]有同样看法， 商定[同意]某事
例句：As we can't all agree on this matter, let's vote on it.
大家意见不一，我们表决好了。

3. He said such an agreement would cut off the EU from its only truly international financial center and risk losing financial services companies to New York, Singapore and Hong Kong.

cut off 切除; 切[隔]断; 剪[切， 砍]下
例句：Our phone's been cut off
我们的电话被切断了。