Mr Obama has been taking flak from Israel's stalwart lobbyists for blowing the settlements row, as they see it, out of proportion.

奥巴马遭到了以色列忠实拥护者的强烈批评，在他们看来，奥巴马夸大了以色列在巴勒斯坦的定居点的扩建问题。

youdao

THREE pickup trucks pulled up outside George Norris's home in Spring, Texas.Six armed police in flak jackets jumped out.

在德克萨斯州的Spring镇，三辆小卡车停在了乔治•诺里斯（George Norris）家门前，六个身穿防弹背心的警察从车上跳了下来。

youdao

Decades later he recalled that "most of the formation spread out to avoid the flak and in so doing ruined the accuracy of the drop."

数十年后他回忆那场战斗，“为躲避高射炮火，大多数的编队飞得很散，而这样就无法做到精确投弹。”

youdao

Thank you to you, our Party, our members, our supporters, the people who week in, week out do the work, take the flak but don't often get the credit.

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | In full: Tony Blair's speech