英音听力讲解:意前总理贝卢斯科尼涉嫌收买议员罪名成立

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1. Only by recognising this genocide, the gravity of this genocide, and how we outside failed to prevent it, will we be able to help the region move beyond such a dark part of its history, help it walk toward greater reconciliation, which we all seek, and live up to the promise of preventing genocide in our time.

be able to 能够
例句：We must be able to stay impartial at all times.
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。
live up to 不辜负; 履行; 达到高标准; 实行
例句：I had to live up to my oath.
我必须履行我的宣誓。

2. He will only stay a few hours because of concerns for his health at the high altitude before leaving for the low-land city of Santa Cruz. Earlier, in Ecuador, he called for more to be done to protect the environment.

because of 因为
例句：I'm here because of you.
我来这儿是因为你们。

3. The former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has been found guilty of bribing a senator in an attempt to bring down the government.

bring down 降（价）; 把（某物，某人）抬下（楼、山）
例句：Measures are taken to bring down the workshop.
车间里采取了降温措施。

4. Speaking in the Albanian capital, Tirana, at the start of a two-day tour of Albanian, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mrs. Merkel said it was in the E.U.'s interest to make sure western Balkan countries have, what she called, a European perspective.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：Please make sure that the door is locked.
请弄准门确实是锁好了。