BBC news 2009-11-20 加文本

1.Colombia has accused neighboring Venezuela of blowing up two pedestrian bridges on its shared border without prior consent or consultation.

参考翻译：哥伦比亚指控邻国委内瑞拉未经过提前许可或咨询就炸毁了双方边境位置两座步行桥。

语法学习：with,without伴随状语

在时间、原因、条件等状语从句中，若从句和主句主语不一致时，可简化为分词复合结构作状语。有时也可简化为“with/without名词或代词十分词(短语)”形式作状语。

　　例如： When the film start appeared, the children got exited．(简化前) The fiLm start appearing，the children got exited．(简化后)
　　If all the work is done, you can have a rest．(简化前) With all the work done，you can have a rest．(简化后) Nothing can live if there is no air．(简化前) Nothing can live without air．(简化后)

2.The Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has backed appeals for a replay of his national team’s football match with France in which an obvious French handball prevented Ireland from qualifying for next year’s World Cup.

参考翻译：爱尔兰总理柯文(Brian Cowen)支持其国家足球队与法国队进行重赛的要求。在双方比赛中，一名法国队员明显的手球使爱尔兰失去了明年角逐世界杯的机会。

结构分析：这句话的前半部分是主干。in which引导定语从句，修饰football match。prevent from阻止，防止某人做某事。

3.A Russian government commission has approved plans to set up a minimum price for vodka in a further attempt to reduce alcohol abuse. The draft regulation raises the price for a half liter bottle of the cheapest Vodka by more than 50% to just over three dollars.

参考翻译：俄罗斯政府一个委员会通过计划，设立伏特加酒最低价格，试图减少酗酒现象。该条例草案将最廉价的半升装伏特加酒的价格提高了50%以上，达到3美元。

结构分析：plans to set up是动词不定式做后置定语。in a further attempt to……为了进一步……类似于In order to。