长难句解析

And newly released documents1 show2 that the FBI feared that Queen Elizabeth II faced an assassination threat during a 1983 visit to America3.

解：主语1+谓语2+宾语从句3

析：该句的主语为“newly released documents”，谓语为“show”，其后跟随宾语从句“ that the FBI feared that Queen Elizabeth II faced an assassination threat during a 1983 visit to America”，其中，“that Queen Elizabeth II faced an assassination threat”也为宾语从句。

重点词汇词组

1. hand over 移交，交出

例：The present leaders have to decide whether to hand over to a younger generation.

现任领导者们必须决定是否把工作移交给较年轻的一代负责。

相关俚语：

at the hands of sb. 被某人折磨

例：How many people have died at the hands of terrorist organizations?

有多少人死在恐怖组织手中？

2. be suspected of 涉嫌......

例：The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.

当局已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。

相关俚语：

the usual suspects 意料中会出现的人；经常做某事的人

例：His heart attack was caused by the usual suspects: poor diet, stress, and smoking.

导致他心脏病发作的原因并不出乎意料：不良饮食习惯、精神紧张、吸烟。

3. be close to 接近/临近......

例：She knew she was close to death.

她知道自己已濒临死亡。

相关俚语：

come close to blows 差点打起来

例：Phil was furious with the manager - I think he came close to blows.

菲尔对经理非常愤怒——我看他几乎要爆发了。

4. debt ceiling 债务上限

例：Many of these voters do not want the debt ceiling to rise.

这些选民中的许多人并不希望提高债务上限。

常见搭配：

in debt 负债

例：He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses.

赌博输的钱让他已经负债累累。

5. face a threat 面临威胁

例：But we face a common threat from militants in the border region.

但我们都面临来自边界地区的激进分子的共同威胁。

常见搭配：

face up to sth. 接受/正视......

例：She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her.

她将不得不接受他不会娶她这一事实。

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