英音听力讲解:媒体大亨默多克辞去数家公司董事职务

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1. Bomb disposal experts in the American state of Colorado have carried out a controlled explosion at the booby-trapped apartment of the man suspected of shooting dead 12 people at acinema in the town of Aurora.

carry out 实现
例句：She had finally carried out her promise to quit smoking.
她最终实现了戒烟的诺言。

2. Police said the blast successfully disabled a number of tripwires and should make it possible to enter the apartment safely. Zoe Conway reports from Washington.

a number of 一些
例句：A number of people have left.
一些人已走了。

3. It took a bomb squad, firefighters and the police more than 30 hours to come up with a plan to make the apartment safe.

come up with 赶上
例句：We came up with a group of tourists.
我们赶上了一群旅游者。

4. That would have complicated investigators' search for clues as to the motive behind the attack.

search for 寻找
例句：The search for peace also means the search for justice. 
寻求和平也意味着寻求正义。 

5. There is speculation that the suspect James Holmes dyed his hair red to look like the Batman villain, the Joker – that could explain why he chose to carry out the shootings at a showing of the film.

look like 看起来像...(一样)
例句：He doesn't look like a dead fox. 
他不象一只死狐狸。 
shoot at 朝或对准某人/物射击
例句：You must shoot at the target. 
你们要有的放矢。 

6. The shame of the incident sent him into hiding, from where he's continued to claim his innocence.

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨. 

7. Taliban attacks against militia who are considered enemies are common plays; and the Pakistani Taliban remains a fragile coalition, to some extent kept together through the fear of attacks against groups that break away.

break away 破除，脱离
例句：Can you break away from old habits? 
你能戒掉旧习惯吗? 

8. International Olympic Committee says it will allow a marathon runner, who was born in South Sudan, but does not hold a passport from any country, to compete as an independent athlete of the London Games. Marcus Erbe has more.

born in 出生
例句：He is born in the artist's family. 
他出生于一个艺术家的家庭。