VOA常速英语:Sierra Leonean President Reduces Fuel Prices

短语讲解：

1. This caused a rapid increase in the price of local commodities, prompting the human rights group, the National Youth Coalition, to issue a 21-day strike notice if prices were not returned to their earlier levels.

return to返回到…
例句：News of the astronauts' safe return to earth was delayed.
宇航员安全返回地球的消息被推迟。

2. The president blamed the increase in fuel prices on instability in some oil producing countries and natural disasters in rice producing countries in Asia.

blame on把责任推给…
例句：You can't blame the rise in prices on the government.
你不能把物价上涨归咎于政府。
natural disaster自然灾害

3. "We have agreed as a coalition to call the demonstration off with immediate effect," he said

call off 取消; 停止
例句：He phoned me and called the appointment off.
他给我打电话取消了这次约会。

4. He has listened to the call of the coalition.

listen to听从
例句：Soldiers should listen to orders.
军人应服从命令。

5. So, we have no alternative but to cooperate and also call on all well-meaning Sierra Leoneans to actually to adhere to the statement of [the president]....so that collectively we will have no disturbances.

have no alternative but只得,别无选择,唯一的办法是
例句：We have no alternative but to go on.
除了继续下去，我们没有选择的余地。
call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。
adhere to遵循, 依附; 坚持
例句：They failed to adhere to our original agreement.
他们未能遵守我们原定的协议。