重点词汇词组：

1.England's footballers are through to thesemi-finalsof EURO 2020 after a four-nilvictory over Ukraine.

semi-finals 半决赛

eg.He nailed a victory in thesemi-finals.

他在半决赛中获胜。

nil 零，无

eg.The result of the game was three-nil.

比赛结果是三比零。

2.It's the first timein 25 yearsthatthey've got so far in the competition.

It's the first time that... 这是第一次...

eg.It's the first time thatI said such a thing to him.

这是我第一次对他说这种话。

go so far 进展到某种程度

eg. Smoking cessation programmes can onlygo so far.

戒烟规划只能进行到此。

3.Tens of thousands ofpeople have been demonstrating to demand a boost to the vaccination programme.

tens of thousands of 数以万计的

eg.I heardtens of thousands ofpeople clapping for me.

我听到成千上万人为我鼓掌。

【相关词组】hundreds of thousands of 数以十万计的，几十万的

eg. Even a simple suit can costhundreds of thousands ofpounds.

即使是一套简单的西装也要花上几十万英镑。

boost 促进，增强

eg. The tax cuts will give a much neededboostto the economy.

减税将给经济带来迫切需要的推动力。

【常见搭配】boost up 提高；振奋

eg. Doing this will definitelyboost upyour productivity.

这样做肯定会提高你的生产率。

长难句解析：

Officials in the USA of Florida1are bringing forward2plans to demolish the remains of a building that collapsed just over a week ago killing at least 24 people3.

解：本句为主谓宾结构，1为主语，2为谓语，3为宾语。

析：宾语部分to demolish the remains of a building是动词不定式作宾语补足语，that collapsed just over a week ago killing at least 24 people是bulding的定语从句。