Name: 貝魯特爆炸抗議活動--新聞評論 (Beirut explosion protest - News Review)
Uploaded: 2020-10-29T18:41:36.000Z
Duration: 11 min 59 s

Hello and welcome to News Review from  BBC Learning English.

你好，歡迎來到BBC學英語的新聞評論。

I'm Neil – joining me is Catherine. Hi Catherine!

我是尼爾 - 加入我的是凱瑟琳。嗨，凱瑟琳！

And today's story comes from Beirut in Lebanon,

而今天的故事來自黎巴嫩的貝魯特。

following the huge explosion that happened recently.

If you would like to test yourself on the vocabulary,

如果你想測試一下自己的詞彙量。

there's a quiz on our website at bbclearningenglish.com

在我們的網站上有一個測驗，在bbclearningenglish.com

but now let's hear more about that story from Beirut

但現在讓我們聽聽貝魯特的故事吧

Yes, people have been protesting on the streets in Beirut

是的，人們一直在貝魯特街頭抗議

after the huge explosion that killed over 200 people

People are angry that nobody in the government

Yes, we're looking at: 'the fall of', 'rage' and 'to topple'.

是的，我們正在看。"墮落"，"憤怒 "和 "傾覆"。

So, let's hear your first headline please

那麼，讓我們來聽聽你的第一個標題吧

with that expression 'the fall of' something.

Of course. So, we're in the UK to start off with

當然了所以，我們在英國開始了。

and the Guardian Newspaper – the headline is:

The fall of something: the end of a position of power.

某物的隕落：權力地位的終結。

現在，這是一個三個字的表達。

And the preposition 'of', spelt O-F – single 'F' there.

而介詞 "的"，拼成O-F--那裡的單 "F"。

Now, in the headline the word 'the' is missing.

This is normal. Headline writers do this all the time:

這很正常。頭條作者經常這樣做。

they drop articles – words like 'a', 'an' and 'the'.

他們放棄了文章--像'a'、'an'和'the'這樣的詞。

But the full expression is a fixed phrase: the fall of.

但完整的表達方式是一個固定的詞組：淪陷。

be familiar with the word 'fall' as a verb, meaning:

and then not standing – being on the floor.

Yes, it often happens by accident, doesn't it Neil?

是的，這常常是偶然發生的，不是嗎尼爾？

and suddenly you're lying on the floor: you fell over.

We often used 'to fall over' or just 'to fall'.

我們常用的是'摔倒'或只是'摔倒'。

So, from upright to flat on the ground – that's a fall.

所以，從直立到平躺在地上--這就是摔倒。

We're using this verb – we're using it here

我們在用這個動詞--我們在這裡用它。

in an idiomatic sense: the fall of a person

means that they were powerful, they were strong,

意味著他們很強大，他們很強。

they were influential, but now they're not.

他們是有影響力的，但現在他們不是。

Often, they didn't want to but something happened

很多時候，他們並不想這樣做，但是發生了一些事情

We call that 'the fall of' whoever – the government,

我們稱之為'倒臺'的是誰--政府。

the leader, the politician, the sportsperson.

We can talk about 'the fall of' meaning a loss of power

我們可以說'倒下'的意思是失去了權力

Often seen and used when referring to historical events

經常在提到歷史事件時出現和使用。

and regimes: you can hear about the fall of Rome,

和政權：你可以聽聽羅馬的陷落。

We talked about the fall of communist regimes

我們談到了共產主義政權的垮臺問題。

早在1989年。最近，我們已經有了

the fall of lots of governments and leaders

但是，正如你所說，它不僅僅是關於。

governments and politicians: we can refer to this –

政府和政治家：我們可以參考這個----。

you can use this expression to refer to people

Yeah, it's not just about... well it could be power,

是啊，這不僅僅是關於... ... 好吧，它可能是權力。

but power in the sense of: people respect you,

但權力的意義在於：人們尊重你。

people admire you, you're very successful in what you do.

人們欽佩你，你在你的工作中非常成功。

So in the sporting world we can talk about

所以，在體育界，我們可以談論的是

the fall of, for example, Tiger Woods the golfer,

的倒下，比如說，老虎伍茲這個高爾夫球手。

誰是非常成功的，受人尊敬的。

Then there was some scandal around his personal life

然後，他的私生活又出了一些醜聞。

他失去了很多的尊重。他失去了...

然後我們看到老虎伍茲的倒下。

是啊！我們有墮落，有崛起... ...

No, the rise, the fall and the rise of Tiger Woods.

好了，我們來總結一下：讓我們來總結一下。

好吧，在我們下一個標題之前在我們下一個標題之前

Now if you're interested in pronunciation of the 'F' sound

現在如果你對 "F "的發音感興趣的話

if you click the link below you can go to a programme

如果你點擊下面的鏈接，你就可以進入一個節目。

好吧，你的下一個標題：你的下一個標題。

So, we're still in the UK with our second headline.

所以，我們的第二個頭條還是在英國。

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