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VOA慢速英语:France Attack Leads To Increased Security Ahead of Weekend Election

2017-04-22来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1.The Islamic State (IS) terror group claimed that one of its "fighters" had carried out the attack.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成; 抬出去
例句：The Social Democrats could still carry out their threat to leave the government
社会民主党人仍有可能将其退出政府的威胁付诸实施。

2.Candidates have also focused on France’s future in the European Union, a weakening economy and high unemployment.

focus on 致力于; 使聚焦于
例句：The talks will focus on economic development of the region.
会谈将着重讨论该地区的经济发展。

3.A new opinion survey showed up to 30 percent of French voters were still undecided going into Sunday’s vote.

show up 显而易见; 到场; （使）看得见
例句：His show off only serves to show up his ignorance.
他的卖弄只不过暴露了他自己的无知。