BBC news 2010-01-04 加文本

1. senior White House official has said that lapses and human errors were to blame for the American security service's failure to identify the Nigerian suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in advance over the attempted Detroit bombing.

in advance提供,预先,事先

例句：Everything had been fixed in advance.
      一切都已事先安排好。

2.The French Health Ministry is selling off doses of swine flu vaccine which it believes the country no longer needs.

sell off廉价卖清

例句：He was forced to sell off his land.
      他被迫以低价将土地出售。

3.One of the leaders of the protest, which was made up of civil servants working in West Bank settlements, said they’re to continue building with or without government help.

made up of由…组成，由…构成

例句：Life is made up of little things.
      [谚]人生是由琐碎的事物构成的。

4. Israeli football officials say they couldn't quite believe their eyes when they saw the greeting, but they then decided to make the most of it, sending back Happy New Year wishes to, in their words, all the good people of Iran, and ending the message with a wink.

make the most of尽量利用，充分利用

例句：I need to make the most of every minute I have to study.
      我必须对我读书的每一分钟做最有效的利用。