BBC news 2009-05-31 加文本

1.One of the girls is said to be Noemi Letizia, an 18-year-old woman at the center of speculation about Mr. Berlusconi, who's 72.

【参考翻译】据称，其中一个女孩是18岁女模莱蒂齐亚，目前是人们对72岁的贝鲁斯科尼推测的焦点。

【结构分析】it is said的变体。要表达你听来、看来的没有确凿证据的事情，用这个句型最方便了。这个句型也表示你开始陈述。

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(1)It is said that we'll have a new manager.
听说我们要有新经理了。
(2)It is said by the Bible that Adam is the very first human being in the world.
据《圣经》说亚当是世间的第一个人。
(3)It is said that drinking much pure water is good for health.
据说多喝净水有益健康。

2.As part of a slam clearance program by the city authorities in Mumbai, the offer has been approved by the chief minister of the local state government, which is run by the Congress Party.

【参考翻译】作为孟买官方清理平民窟项目的一部分，该住房赠送活动获得了当地政府部长的批准，当地政府由国会党执掌。

【结构分析】As part of……是状语，which is run by the Congress Party是定语从句，修饰local state government。

3.Seven married priests who were expelled from the Catholic Church for failing to obey the law of celibacy have been ordained in the Kenyan city of Kisumu.

【参考翻译】七名由于结婚而违背了独身条令而被驱逐出天主教堂定牧师在肯尼亚的Kisumu被委任神职。

【结构分析】这句话的主干是：Seven married priests have been ordained。who were expelled from the Catholic Church 是定语从句，修饰priests，for failing to obey the law of celibacy是定语从句中的状语。