【影子跟读】BBC新闻听力100篇(51-100)

BBC 51-52 P1 - 00:09
A US government investigation into safety in Toyota cars has found no problems as with the electronics in the company’s vehicles.
- 这里的as with应该是就...而言的意思。
- investigation into sth 对sth的调查。e.g. launch an investigation into
open an investigation into
...
BBC 55-56 P3 - 00:16
sentence sb to 宣判某人
例子
- A court in Rwanda has sentenced two journalists to long prison sentences after finding them guilty of distrupting state security and propagating ethnic divisions. 卢旺达法院因危害国家安全和宣传种族分裂两项罪名判处两名旅行者长期监禁。
order sb to serve + time 判处某人n年监禁
be ordered to serve + time 某人被判处n年监禁
例子
- Her colleague was ordered to serve seven years. 她的同事被判处7年监禁。
BBC 55-56 P3 - 00:55
Brazil /brəˈzɪl/ n. 巴西
suffer from +n/doing 遭受(痛苦)
diabetes n.糖尿病,多尿症
BBC 55-56 P3 - 01:08
ministry n. 政府部门,宗教团体领袖,牧师(尤其新教)