短语讲解:
1. Militants including some from the group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb took control of the north in April.
take control of 控制
例句:There must is someone who can take control of these naughty children.
应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子。
2. The United Nations Security Council is urging West African countries to speed up preparations for a military intervention in northern Mali.
speed up 促使
例句:We will be able to speed up that day.
我们要促使这一天的来临。
3. With the presence of several armed groups controlling the area, it is particularly important that we use education as a means of protecting children from the potential for ongoing use of child soldiers.
protect from 保护
例句:Wild wood should be well protect from excessive hag.
野生森林应该被保护以免过量砍伐。
4. Human rights groups say the Islamists are actively recruiting children as young as twelve years old.
as...as 像……一样
例句:I wish I can keep looking as young as you .
我要是能看上去一直像你一样年青多好 。