关注公众号 英语学习不迷路
双语文本
Welcome, this is BBC news, I'm Kasha Madera, our main headlines.
欢迎收看BBC新闻头条，我是卡莎·马德拉。
Around 1,500 people have been detained in Brazil after Sunday's violent attackson government buildings by far-right mob.
周日，巴西政府大楼遭到极右翼暴徒的猛烈袭击，大约1500人被拘留。
Pro-democracy rallies have taken placeacross the country in response.
作为回应，全国各地举行了亲民主集会。
The first orbital space mission launched from Western Europe has ended in failure after its rocket was unable to reach low earth orbit.
首次从西欧发射的轨道太空任务因火箭无法到达近地轨道而以失败告终。
LauncherOne was released from a modified jumbo jet that had taken off from the southwest of England.
“发射器一号”火箭是从英格兰西南部起飞的一架改装的大型喷气式飞机上发射的。
The UN says action to save the ozone layer has worked and it may eventually recover.
展开全文
联合国表示，拯救臭氧层的行动已经起效，臭氧层最终可能会恢复。
A major report says the international agreement in 1987 to stop using chemicals that were damaging the layer has been successful.
一份重要报告称，1987年达成了停用破坏臭氧层的化学物质的国际协议取得了成功。
And Prince Harry's memoir Spare is now on salearound the world.
哈里王子的回忆录《备选人》现在正在全球发售。
So far, there's been no official response from Buckingham Palace about the claims he's made in a series of television interviews.
到目前为止，白金汉宫还没有对他在一系列电视采访中的说法做出官方回应。
词句解析
重点词汇词组
1.violent attack 暴力攻击；猛烈袭击
例：The soldiers launched into a violent attack.
士兵们展开猛烈的攻击。
常见搭配：
under attack 受到攻击；遭受攻击
例：The patrol came under attackfrom all sides.
巡逻队受到四面八方的攻击。
2.take place 发生；举行
例：She wanted Randy's wedding to take placequickly.
她想让兰迪的婚礼马上举行。
相关俚语：
all over the place 凌乱，杂乱
例：There were dirty dishes and clothes all over the place.
脏餐具和脏衣服到处都是。
3.in response 作为回应；作为响应
例：Millions of people gave freely in responseto the appeal for the victims of the earthquake.
为响应救济地震灾民的呼吁，几百万人慷慨相助。
常见搭配：
response time 响应时间
例：Kyle says the average 911 response timeis about 9.2 minutes.
凯尔说911的平均响应时间为9.2分钟。
4.take off 起飞；飞起
例：We eventually took offat 11 o'clock and arrived in Juneau at 1:30.
我们终于在11点起飞，1:30到达朱诺。
相关俚语：
take sb. in 收留某人，收容某人
例：Several families took inforeign students.
有几个家庭接待外国留学生。
5.on sale 上市，正在销售
例：English textbooks and dictionaries are on saleeverywhere.
英语教材和词典在各处销售。
常见搭配：
for sale 待售，供出售
例：The yacht is for saleat a price of 1.7 million dollars.
这艘游艇以170万美元的价格待售。
长难句解析
A major reportsaysthe international agreement in 1987 to stop using chemicals that were damaging the layer has been successful.
一份重要报告称，1987年达成了停用破坏臭氧层的化学物质的国际协议取得了成功。
解：主语+谓语+宾语
析：该句为主谓宾结构，主语为“A major report”，谓语为“says”，从句“ the international agreement in 1987 ......has been successful”为宾语；其中，不定式短语“to stop using chemicals”作“the international agreement”的定语，从句“that were damaging the layer”作定语修饰“chemicals”。
往期回顾
◆ 英文歌 |《Home To You》我可以回到你的身边吗
◆ 《伊索寓言》| 年轻的小偷和他的母亲 The Young Thief and His Mother
◆ 《傲慢与偏见》| 伊丽莎白走到窗口欣赏风景
