VOA常速英语:Occupy Nigeria Movement Says it Won’t Stop Fighting Government Corruption

短语讲解：

1. “People are walking two hours to get to protest sites because they are that passionate about what is going on," said Adamolekun.

go on 发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。

2. I gave two gentlemen a ride today on my way back home, and they told me it took them almost two hours to get to the site this morning and they’re coming back tomorrow.

come back回来
例句：I'm going away and I may never come back.
我要走了, 可能永远不再回来。

3. Enough is Enough has been calling on the youth of Nigeria, where 75% of the population is under the age of 30, to provoke change for almost two years.

call on号召
例句：The government called on the workers to oppose waste.
政府号召工人反对浪费。

4. “We’re going to continue to take over public spaces, we’re going to continue to take over public discourse until the government realizes that it’s not about subsidy removal but it’s about their waste and the corruption in the system,” she added.

take over接管; 接替
例句：She took over his work after his departure.
他离开以后, 她接替了他的工作。

5. Adamolekun said the Occupy Nigeria movement is also serving as a unifying factor for the country's Muslim and Christian groups.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用。

6. Increasing attacks on Christian and government targets by the loosely organized group Boko Haram, who claim to be Islamic militants, have caused alarm in the West Africa country and even reprisal attacks. Assailants set fire to a Koranic school in Southern Nigeria Tuesday.

set fire to放火烧, 点着了…
例句：The police hasn't found out who set fire to the storehouse.
警方还没查出是谁放火烧了仓库。

7. "In Niger State two days ago Muslim brothers went around the church to protect the worshippers while they were there.

go around到处走动
例句：The girl went around telling lies. We are already tired of her.
那女孩到处说谎, 我们已经讨厌她了。