BBC news 2009-05-17 加文本

1.Speaking on a visit to Jordan, President Mahinda Rajapakse said he will be returning to a country free, as he put it, from the barbaric acts of the Tamil Tigers.

【参考翻译】斯里兰卡总统马欣达·拉贾帕克萨在约旦访问时说，他将归还一个没有塔米尔暴行的国家。

【语法讲解】(1)Speaking on a visit to Jordan是现在分词做状语，表示伴随。

(2)will be returning是将来进行时。表示将来某时进行的状态或动作，或按预测将来会发生的事情。例如：She'll be coming soon.她很快就会来了。I'll be meeting him sometime in the future.我以后一定会遇到他。

(3)as he put it是插入语。

(4)free from不受…影响（或拘束）的，没有…的，无…的，摆脱了…的；免于…的
例句：He finally got out of the abyss of misery, and will be free from suffering from now on.
       他终于脱离了苦海，从此免受煎熬。

2.I am afraid it is gonna be very difficult given the casualties and the violence to the range of a kind of compromise which is going to be needed on a political front for a proper autonomy for the Tamils.

【参考翻译】我认为这非常困难，考虑到平民伤亡和暴力活动，在一定范围上需要进行一定的妥协，政治方面给塔米尔提供适当的自治区域。

【语法讲解】given引导条件句

given与provided意思一样,表示“如果有……,则……”,
但两者的区别是provided后面只能跟that引导从句,而不能跟名词或名词性短语。而given后既可跟从句,又可跟名词性短语。

3.An armed gang has broken into a jail in northern Mexico and freed more than 50 prisoners, thought to be members of the powerful drug cartel.

【参考翻译】一群武装分子闯入墨西哥北部监狱，释放了50多名犯人。相关部门认为这些歹徒是势力强大的毒品卡特尔成员。

【语法讲解】thought to be过去分词做后置定语