重点词汇词组：
1. Thousands of Lebanese and Palestinians gathered in central Beirut on Saturday to celebrate the ceasefire in Gaza.
Gather v.收集；收割；使…聚集；使…皱起；
eg. A crowd gathered at the factory gates.

一群人聚集在工厂的大门口。

【近义词】bring together

【常见搭配】gather in, gather up, gather round

eg. Heads of government from more than 100 countries gather in Geneva tomorrow.

来自一百多个国家的政府首脑明天将聚集在日内瓦。

We gather up from various sources a great amount of firsthand data.

我们从各种来源收集了大量第一手资料。

People would gather round the fire and sing songs.

人们会聚集在一起围坐在火堆旁唱歌。

2. People raised Palestinian and Lebanese flags along with flags of a Lebanese Islamist group as they listened to speeches.
along with 连同...一起；与...一道；
eg. He was facing eviction, along with his wife and family.

他及其妻儿正面临着被驱逐。

【近义词】together with

【用法解析】along with使用的是就远原则, 连接前后两个主语时,谓语动词应和前面的那个主语保持一致。

3. Meanwhile, shopkeepers on Gaza's busiest commercial street emerged to inspect their losses on Saturday.
Emerge v. 浮现；出现；摆脱；
eg. New evidence emerged, vindicating him completely.

新证据出现了，证明他完全是无辜的。

【近义词】transpire
【常见搭配】

emerged as 如...涌现；以...形式出现；凸显；显露出来

emerged with 带着...出现了(emerged是emerge的过去分词）

emerged from sth. （从困境或苦难经历中）幸存下来，摆脱出来

eg. Modern linguistics emerged as a distinct field in the nineteenth century.

现代语言学在19世纪作为一个独立的领域出现。

He emerged with a macho swagger.

他大摇大摆地走了出来。

The hostages emerged from their ordeal unscathed.

人质历尽磨难后安然生还。

4. Austin paid tribute to the newest group of officers graduating at a challenging time in US history.
pay tribute to 称赞；称颂；歌颂
eg. The director paid tribute to all she had done for the charity.

董事赞扬她为慈善事业所做的一切。

【近义词】speak well of, speak highly of

5. Military personnel took part in drills involving armoured vehicles and helicopter exercises.
take part in 参加；参与
eg. She took part in a radio phone-in programme.

她参加了电台的听众来电直播节目。

长难句解析：

People¹ raised² Palestinian and Lebanese flags along with flags of a Lebanese Islamist group³as⁴ they⁵ listened to⁶ speeches⁷.
1. People是主句的主语
2. raised是主句的谓语
3. Palestinian and Lebanese flags along with flags of a Lebanese Islamist group是宾语
4. as引导部分的是时间状语从句，其结构是“主语+谓语+宾语”：
5. they是从句的主语
6. listened to可看做为从句的谓语

7. speeches是从句的宾语

知识点扩充：

一、 as作连词的用法：

1. 作"随着"；"当……的时候"；"一边...一边...",引导时间状语从句。

As time went on, she became more and more worried.

随着时间的推移，她越来越担心了。

The girl dances as she sings on the stage.

那个女孩在舞台上边唱歌边跳舞。

2. as=since, 作"既然"、"由于"解,引导原因状语从句,常用来表示已为人们所知或显而易见的原因或理由。

As you're not feeling well, you may stay at home.

由于你身体不舒服，你可以呆在家里。

3. as=in the way that, 作"像"、"按照……的方式"解,引导方式状语从句。

Remember, you must do everything as I do.

记住，你必须照我做的去做。

4. 用于as...as...或not so/ as...as...中,前一个as是副词,后一个as是连词,引导比较状语从句。

They helped the old man as often as possible.

他们尽可能经常地帮助那位老人。

5. 作"虽然"、"尽管"解,引导让步状语从句。常用倒装语序,即adj. /adv. / n.+as +主语+谓语+主句。如:

Tired as they were, they walked on.

他们虽然很累，但还是继续往前走。

二、as作关系代词,引导定语从句,作"正如"、"这一点"解。

He is very careful, as his work shows.

他的工作表现表明他非常谨慎。

三、 as作介词的用法:

as引导的介词短语大多用作状语,as译为"作为";少数情况可引起宾语补足语。如:

She works as a doctor.

她是一名医生。