BBC news 2009-09-20 加文本

1.The head of South African athletics has admitted lying when he denied the knowledge of gender tests carried out on the runner Caster Semenya before her controversial medal winning performance at the World Athletics Championships last month.

carry out开展,贯彻,执行,履行,实现,完成

例句：We will carry out the enquiry as expeditiously as possible.
      我们将尽快进行调查。

2.This is the second ceasefire in the past couple of weeks but appears to have disintegrated no sooner than it was announced.

no sooner than一...就 一...就...

例句：No sooner had it quit raining than the sun came out.
      雨一停太阳就出来了。

3.The move comes three months ahead of what's expected to be a similar ruling by the world governing body FINA.

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. Officials called off the parade which was due to take place in Belgrade on Sunday after saying they could not guarantee the safety of those taking part.

due to预定…

例句：They are due to arrive in Seattle on March the second.
      货预定在3月2日送达西雅图。

call off取消

例句：The nervous Bride decided to call off the wedding.
      紧张的新娘决定取消婚礼。

5.5000 police officers were to have been deployed to control an event labeled high risk by the interior minister after a recent wave of homophobic graffiti and direct threats from ultranationalist groups to break up the parade.

break up分裂,结束,衰落,分解,变坏,驱散

例句：The police employed force to break up the crowd.
      警察使用暴力驱散群众。

      Don’t let a little dispute break up a great friendship.
      不要让小小的争端损毁了一场伟大的友谊。