BBC news 2009-07-17 加文本

1.The hearing was meant to focus on whether two of the detainees Ramzi Bin al- Shibh and Mustafa al-Hawsawi are mentally competent to represent themselves in court.

focus on集中

例句：I can't focus on my assignment due to the row next door.
       隔壁的吵闹声让我无法集中注意力写作业。

competent to有能力

例句：I feel that I am competent to meet the requirements.
       我认为自己有竞争力满足这些要求。

2.But when she went into details about how he being deprived of sleep, the audio feed from the court was cut.

deprive of剥夺

例句：To deprive of shelter or protection.
      使暴露使失去掩蔽或保护

3.A handful of Apollo astronauts have been taking questions from an eager audience here, and memories of those glory days have been recalled.

a handful of少量的

例句：Do not rely on a mere handful of people working in quiet isolation.
      不要只靠少数人冷冷清清地做工作。 

4.And he said Pakistan had also handed over a dossier of further evidence which Prime Minister Singh is now reviewing.

hand over移交

例句：I told him to let Xiao Zhang take over the job, but he refused to hand it over.
      我要他交给小张去办，可他就是不放手。

5.But later, in a closed-doors briefing, the Indian Prime Minister ruled out any resumption of the talks until all the suspects in the Mumbai case had been hunted down.

rule out划去, 排除, 取消

例句：But this does not rule out unofficial discussions.
      但这并不排除进行非正式的讨论。

hunt down穷追直至抓获

例句：They set themselves to hunt down the traitor.
       他们自己去追踪叛徒了。