BBC news 2009-06-05 加文本

1.A British Cabinet minister has announced his resignation and called for the prime minister to resign for the good of the governing Labour Party.

for the good of 为…打算，为了…的利益

例句：He denies himself for the good of his family.
      他为了家人的幸福而自己生活十分节俭。

2.Mr. Purnell’s departure follows resignation announcements by four other ministers in the past three days, but he’s the first openly to ask Mr. Brown to step aside. Naomi Grimley reports.

step aside避开，退让。相当于step down

例句：People hurried to dodge and step aside from the horse galloping towards us.
      一匹马飞奔过来，人们都赶紧闪道。 

3. In his speech in Cairo, Mr. Obama spoke about the unbreakable bond between America and Israel, but also forcefully pointed out that Palestinians too had legitimate aspirations for dignity, opportunity and a state of their own.

point out指出

例句：We are going to point out discrepancies and figure them out today.
      我们今天就把有歧异的地方都讲出来，分析明白。