重点词汇词组：

1.England's footballers are through to the semi-finals of EURO 2020 after a four-nil victory over Ukraine.

semi-finals 半决赛

eg.He nailed a victory in the semi-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 time in 25 years that they've got so far in the competition.

It's the first time that... 这是第一次...

eg. It's the first time that I 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 only go so far.

戒烟规划只能进行到此。

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

tens of thousands of 数以万计的

eg.I heard tens of thousands of people 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 cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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 needed boost to 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 definitely boost up your productivity.

这样做肯定会提高你的生产率。

长难句解析：

Officials in the USA of Florida1 are bringing forward2 plans 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。