BBC news 2009-09-17 加文本

1.The Electoral Complaints Commission says it's focusing on votes from about 10% of the polling stations across the country, but on Wednesday the EU election observer mission said up to a quarter of all the ballots were, in their words, suspect, and the President Karzai had been the main recipient.

focus on把焦点对准,集中注意…

例句：Our policy is to focus on developing these areas.
      我们的政策是着眼于把这些地区发展起来。

2.The creditability and outcome of this election will hinges on the fraud allegations being fairly investigated.

hinges on取决于

例句：This plan hinges on her approval.
      这个计划取决于她同意与否。

      Everything hinges on how hard we work.
      一切取决于我们工作努力的程度。

3.Now Andrew Cuomo, the New York attorney general is forcing directors to testify about what they knew about Merrill Lynch’s losses and bonuses ahead of the merger.

ahead of领先于…,在…之前,超过…,提前…

例句：She was always well ahead of the rest of the class.
      她在班上总是遥遥领先。

4. The Immigration Minister Eric Besson said that he intends to close the camp known as the jungle by the end of next week.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...

例句：I certainly didn't intend to cause you so much trouble.
      我的确不想给你造成这么大的麻烦。