BBC news 2009-08-05 加文本

1.The Columbian President Alvaro Uribe has left for a 7-nation tour of South America to try to reassure his neighbors about plans to station more US troops in Columbia.

leave for到.去,出发前往

例句：Buses leave for downtown every two hours.
      去城里的巴士每2小时开一班。

2.He said that Russia's latest claim was alarming because Georgia had come under fire from the South Ossetian side of the boundary on Monday night.

under fire遭到炮火射击,受到攻击

例句：The enemy retreated under our heavy artillery fire.
      敌人在我们的重炮轰击下撤退了。

3.European Union monitors are spending more time keeping watch along the boundary, but so far have been unable to find evidence for any of the claims.

keep watch警戒,监视;看守;值班,当班

例句：The soldiers kept watch and ward over the castle.
      士兵们守护这城堡。

so far到目前为止,到现在为止,迄今

例句：So far a solution to the crisis hasn't been found yet.
      迄今为止还没有找到解决危机的办法。

4. This, in their eyes, appears to be more of a war of words than anything else.

more than与其不如

例句：This is more a picture than a poem.
      与其说这是一首诗，不如说是一幅画。