英音听力讲解:法国使用马肉的食品商将起诉供应商

音频下载[点击右键另存为]

同步字幕下载[点击右键另存为]

短语讲解：

1. People in the Northeastern United States have begun clearing up after a ferocious snow storm force the region into a partial shutdown.

clear up 放晴
例句：I'm sure it'll clear up soon.
我保证天很快就会放晴。

2. Electricity was knocked out to more than 600,000 homes also to a nuclear power plant in Massachusetts.

knock out 击倒；淘汰
例句: Didn't you knock out that bum once?
你不是把那笨蛋给击倒了吗？

3. Although authorities say it shut down automatically and there was never any danger to the public.

shut down 完全关闭；停工；停下
例句：This factory has been shut down for two weeks.
这间工厂已经停工两个星期了。

4. After as many as a million people attending yesterday’s funeral of the leading opposition politician Shokri Belaid, the main Islamist parties and factions today urged as many of their own supporters as possible to come out onto the streets.

come out 出来；出现
例句：Can you please come out?
可以请你出来吗?

5. Her mother has called for stronger gun controls.

call for 需要；要求
例句：This is not a call for articles of impeachment.
这不是一个要求弹劾条款。

6. At least six people are said to have died. Mattia Cabitza reports

at least 至少
例句：At least two yeas of experience.
至少有两年的经验。