VOA常速英语:‘Revolution School’ Teaches How to Overthrow a Dictator

短语讲解：

1. Veterans of the uprising in Serbia, which overthrew President Slobodan Milosevic, are running workshops for opposition groups around the world on how to bring down a dictator.

bring down击败…
例句：At the next vote, we must try to bring down the government.
下次选举时, 我们一定设法击败政府。

2. It played a key role in the 2000 revolt that ousted Milosevic.

play a role in在...起作用
例句：The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school.
办好一所学校, 校长起重要作用。

3. A film has been made of the struggle.

be made of用…造成
例句：The table is made of wood.
桌子是木制的。

4. Popovic admires the discipline the protesters showed in facing down the government.

face down (用目光)压倒; 勇敢地挫败(某人)
例句：The teacher faced down the angry student without saying anything.
老师什么也没说就把那个愤怒的学生降服了。

5. They would invite people to come on [Tahrir] Square from five different places and the police will go and secure these places.

come on开始; 来到
例句：Rain came on toward morning.
快到早上时开始下起雨来。

6. Another very important thing is they were so good at building up unity.

good at擅长…
例句：I am good at English.
我擅长英语。
build up逐步建立, 增进, 增强
例句：The US is continually building up its armed forces.
美军正持续加强它的三军。

7. They gave up their individual symbols of their own groups and came out only with the flag of Egypt.

give up放弃
例句：She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。
come out出来; 拒绝工作, 罢工
例句：The coal miners have come out for about two weeks.
煤矿工人已罢工约两周了。

8. Canvas books have been translated into seven languages - the Farsi and Arabic versions are particularly popular.

translate into (把…)翻译成…
例句：He translated what I said in English into Chinese.
他把我用英语说的译成汉语。

9. We were working with places like West Papua, Fiji, so I mean it’s really exotic when it comes to the travel itinerary.

when it comes to当提到……；当谈到……
例句：When it comes to learning, diligence is indispensable.
说到学习，勤奋是必不可少的。

10. A decade on, the barricades have been replaced with pavement cafes; the protest chants with the tinkling of fountains.

replace with用…代替
例句：We've replaced the old machine with a computer.
我们用电脑取代了那台旧机器。