BBC news 2010-01-15 加文本

1.Aid supplies have also been arriving, but latest reports say the airport at Port-au-Prince is having difficulty handling the traffic, and some flights were suspended.

have difficulty/trouble/problem doing sth这几个短语的用法相同。

例句：We had difficulty (in) carrying out the plan．
      我们执行计划有困难。

2.So now the priority is to be able to set up surgical facilities that can answer to the acute need of this population.

set up设立,竖立,架起,升起,装配,创(纪录),提出,开业

例句：Basic early warning systems are being set up in the affected areas.
      受灾地区将会安装预警系统。

      A special commission was immediately set up after the 911 terrorist attacks.
      911恐怖袭击发生后，迅速成立了一个特别调查小组。

3.If the ICC decided to issue an arrest warrant for the Captain Camara, Burkina Faso would be obliged to detain him.

be obliged to不得不

例句：They were obliged by circumstances to do it.
      情况使他们不得不这样做。

4.Now the US government wants the money back, and the new levy proposed by President Obama is intended to cover the losses that the administration expects to make.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...

例句：They intended to make the building into a guesthouse.
      他们打算把这幢房子用做宾馆。

表示目的的其他方法：mean to,so as to,in order to,so that。其中，前面三个短语后都跟动词不定式，而so that后跟目的状语从句。