BBC news 2009-06-23 加文本

1.Witnesses said that earlier before the BBC source was there, police used batons and tear gas to break up a demonstration.

break up打碎, 破碎, 分裂, 结束, 衰落, 分解, 变坏, 驱散

例句：All feasts must break up in the end; all good things must come to an end.
      天下没有不散的筵席，总有分别的时候。

2.And apart from the deaths, several of the injuries have been described as serious.

apart from远离, 除...之外

例句：He has some other land properties apart from this house.
      除了这套房子，他还有其他几处别业。

在这里，apart from相当于besides.

3.He takes over from Michael Martin who became the first Speaker to be forced to resign in 300 years over his handling of the issue.

take over接收, 接管

例句：Rebecca purposed to take over the company from her sister.
      丽贝卡计划从她姐姐手里接管公司。

be forced to被迫做某事

例句：Donald be forced to forge a signature.
      唐纳德被迫伪造签字。

4.The leader of the opposition UNT party Omar Barboza has accused Mr. Chavez of burying his head in the sand in the face of the increased violence.

bury one's head in the sand逃避现实

例句：If there is a difficulty, you cannot just bury your head in the sand.
      如果有困难，你不能逃避它。

5.The police said the robbery was carried out by four men who went to the famous Harry Winston store, pulled out guns, and made off with jewelry worth more than 100 million dollars.

make off离开, (尤指做了错事后)匆忙离开, 逃走

例句：In the event of emergency we may make off.
      万一发生紧急情况，我们可以逃的。