BBC news 2009-11-28 加文本

1.The Florida Highway Patrol says Tiger Woods was injured as he pulled out of his driveway in the early hours of the morning.

pull out of从…中退出

例句：Can you pull this nail out of my shoe?
      你能从我的鞋上拔出这个钉子吗？

      He threatened to pull out of the common market.
      他威协要退出共同市场。

2.The US said the international community was running out of patience with Iran.

run out of用完…,耗尽…

例句：The hotel has run out of beer .
      这饭店的啤酒已全部售完了。

3.I regarded our invasion of Iraq as legal but of questionable legitimacy in that it didn’t have the democratically observable backing of a great majority of member states or even perhaps of a majority of people inside the United Kingdom.

in that因为

例句：His request is unreasonable in that he knows we can't afford it.
      他的要求是不合理的, 因为他知道我们负担不起。

4.Every year thousands of children are snatched off the streets, or from bus and train stations and the authorities have been trying to clamp down on the illegal trade.

clamp down取缔,施加压力

例句：Be sure to clamp down the cover on the Boat.
       一定要将船盖箝紧。