BBC news 2010-01-02 加文本

1.The force of the blast was such that houses close by were destroyed, and among the many dead are believed to be members of a local peace committee which campaigned for an end to Taliban influence in the area.

参考翻译：爆炸的威力非常大，附近的房屋被摧毁，其中，许多死者是当地和平委员会的成员，他们举行活动呼吁终止塔利班对该地区的影响。

语法学习：such的用法：

在such…that…，such…as…句型中，如从句不缺少句子成分，用that引导，表示“如此…以至于”；如从句中缺少句子成分，用as引导，表

示“像…一样的”“像……”。

　　He had such long arms that he could almost touch the ceilign.
　　他的胳臂很长，几乎能碰到天花板。

　　She is such a good teacher just as we expect.
　　正如我们所料，她是一位好老师。　

用于某些短语中，如：such as表示列举，有“例如、诸如”等意思，as such则是“作为一个…，本身”等意思，such and such表示“某某，这种那种的”等意思。

　　I like drinks such as tea and soda.
　　我喜欢诸如茶和汽水之类的饮料。

　　Wealth,as such doesn't matter much.
　　财富本身算不了什么。

　　Such and such results follow from such and such causes.
　　这样那样的原因就产生这样那样的结果。

2.Yemen is already in crisis with the authorities attacking Al-Qaeda positions and the United States increasing military support to the government.

参考翻译：由于当局袭击基地组织，美国增加对政府的军事援助，也门已经危机四伏。

语法学习：the authorities attacking是复合结构，在英语中非常常见。

with和其他成分结合做状语：

由介词with或without+复合结构构成，复合结构作介词with或without的复合宾语，复合宾语中第一部分宾语由名词或代词充当，第二部分补足语由形容词、副词、介词短语、动词不定式或分词充当，分词可以是现在分词，也可以是过去分词。With结构构成方式如下：

1). with或without-名词/代词+形容词；

2). with或without-名词/代词+副词；

3). with或without-名词/代词+介词短语；

4). with或without-名词/代词+动词不定式；

5). with或without-名词/代词+分词。

下面分别举例：

1)She came into the room，with her nose red because of cold.（with+名词+形容词，作伴随状语）

2)With the meal over ， we all went home.（with+名词+副词，作时间状语）

3)The master was walking up and down with the ruler under his arm。（with+名词+介词短语，作伴随状语。） The teacher entered the classroom with a book in his hand.

4)He lay in the dark empty house，with not a man ，woman or child to say he was kind to me.（with+名词+不定式，作伴随状语）

He could not finish it .... without me to help him.（without+代词 +不定式，作条件状语）

5)She fell asleep with the light burning.（with+名词+现在分词 ，作伴随状语）

6)Without anything left in the cupboard， she went out to get something to eat.（without+代词+过去分词，作为原因状语)