BBC news 2009-11-11 加文本

1.The president paid tribute to those who'd not been able, as he put it, to escape the horror of war even in the comfort of home.

pay tribute to称赞, 歌颂

例句：We pay tribute to his courage.
      我们赞赏他的勇气。

2. Interior Minister Besir Atalay ran out of time to present the measures to parliament after nationalist M.P.s geared and waved pictures of modern Turkey’s founder Ataturk.

run out of用完…,耗尽…

例句：We have run out of head notepaper.
      我们已用完了有抬头的信纸。

3.However, the military has set out a number of  red lines which it says the government must not cross, one of which is the general amnesty requested by the PKK.

set out出发,开始,装饰,陈列,测定,宣布,移植,陈述 启程 展示

例句：He set out his objections to the scheme.
      他说他反对这项计划。

4.It’s highly unusual for a policeman to speak out so openly.

speak out大胆地说,毫无保留地说,直言不讳

例句：If you have any objections, just speak out.
       如果你有什么反对意见, 就爽快地说出来。

      I am going to speak out against the committee's decision.
      我打算直言反对委员会的决定。