BBC news 2009-10-26 加文本

1.The UN inspectors carried out the first what would be 3 days of inspections on the site just north of the holy city of Qom.

carry out开展,贯彻,执行,履行,实现,完成

例句：Extensive tests have been carried out on the patient.
      对患者进行了多次试验。

2. Iran says the plant was meant to be the second enrichment plant, to back up the publicly-declared facility in Natanz.

be meant to有意要, 打算

例句：Where were you meant to be guarding?
      你打算防守哪里？

back up支持;倒车;证实;淤塞

例句：Harris will back me up wholeheartedly as he used to.
      哈里斯会像过去一样全心全意地支持我。

3.One of the issues they have been considering is what to do with coral reefs which make up less than a quarter of one percent of the ocean’s floor.

make up弥补,虚构,缝制,整理,包装,和解,编辑,化妆 补足,拼凑,补考

例句：How many countries make up the Common Market?
      (欧洲)共同市场由多少国家组成?

      The audience was made up of very young children.
      观众由小孩子们组成。

4.The Egyptian Health Ministry said that the driver of the train heading to Fayoum made a sudden stop when he spotted the animal, the second train then plowed into the back of the first at full speed.

at full speed以高速度

例句：The motorbike is spinning along at full speed.
      摩托车在全速行驶。

5.President Chavez rarely pulls his punches when it comes to criticizing his opponents and on an occasion, the political discourse descends into plain insult.

pull his punches故意不用力打,故意不猛烈

例句：He certainly didn't pull any punches when it came to criticizing the work.
      他批评这项工作时可绝不留情。
 
6.The Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his challenger Doctor Abdullah Abdullah have both ruled out a power-sharing deal before the runoff vote in the fourth coming presidential election.

rule out拒绝考虑,把…排除在外,使成为不可能

例句：The regulations rule out anyone under the age of eighteen.
      按规定, 18岁以下的人都不能参加。