BBC news 2009-08-01 加文本

1.we won’t have a recovery as long as we keep losing jobs, and I will not rest until every American who wants a job can find one.

as long as只要，引导条件状语从句。

例句：As long as I can trip around the world.
      但愿我能周游世界。

2.Having been thrust into politics after her husband, a leading Marcos' opponent, was shot dead.

thrust into把...插进,把...推进

例句：New railroads are rapidly thrusting into the hilly regions.
      新的铁路线迅速向山区延伸。

3. The head of the commission, Manuel Barroso, said it will pave the way for Ukraine to reform its gas sector.

pave the way for为...铺平道路

例句：Their economic policy pave the way for industrial expansion.
      他们的经济政策为工业发展铺平了道路。

4. The World Food Program says it’s set to cancel deliveries to northern Uganda and it says if it doesn’t find extra funding in the next few weeks, it would also have to shut down parts of its airway which flies workers to some of the world's worst humanitarian trouble spots.

set to开始认真干,开始大吃,争吵起来

例句：The Bomb was set to go off in three hours.
       炸弹被设定在三个小时内爆炸。

shut down放下关下,[机](使)机器等关闭,停车

例句：The plant shut down for the strike.
      工厂因罢工而停工。