BBC news 2009-06-29 加文本

1.The Congress in Honduras has appointed its speaker, Roberto Micheletti, as acting president after soldiers earlier arrested President Manuel Zelaya and sent him into exile.

send into exile放逐

例句：The king was sent into exile.
       国王遭到放逐。

      They sent Napoleon into exile to the island of St Helena.
      他们把拿破仑流放到圣赫勒拿岛。

2.They told me I had to surrender and that I had to obey them. If not, they would shoot me.

if not否则，不然otherwise

例句：The kitchen needs to be cleaned, but otherwise the flat is in good condition.
      除了厨房需要打扫以外，这个公寓的状况还是相当不错的。

3.The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he was putting his troops on alert and would respond militarily if his envoy to Honduras was harmed, a threat echoed by the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.

on alert警惕

例句：The troops were placed on full alert.
       部队处于全面戒备状态。

4.An Israeli government spokesman said Hamas was primarily to blame for the hardship.

be to blame该受责备

例句：A pollution clean up will be partly to blame for such a temperature rise.
      气温的升高将部分地归咎于对污染的清除。

5.Mr. Jackson was speaking at the annual Black Entertainment Television Awards in Los Angeles, which have been hurriedly reorganized to allow stars to pay tribute to Michael Jackson.

pay tribute to称赞, 歌颂

例句：I want to take this opportunity to pay a public tribute to him.
      我愿借此机会公开各他表示敬意。

6.Neither leading candidate is willing to preempt Monday’s announcement by the electoral commission, for fear of provoking a reaction on the streets overnight.

for fear of为了避免

例句：I didn't say anything for fear of hurting his father's feelings.
      碍着他爸爸的面子，我不好说什么。