BBC news 2010-01-16 加文本

1.Our correspondent to the capital Port-au-Prince, Nick Davis, says many people can no longer sit around waiting for help.

no longer不再

例句：They were trying to put one over on us and they would no longer get away with it.
      他们总是想花言巧语地骗我们，但是他们以后休想再得逞了。

wait for等待，与wait有关的另外一个短语：wait and see拭目以待，等着瞧

2.I have seen people going to buildings which have collapsed where there are broken pipes the water spilling onto the ground and going up to the actual water which is on the floor and actually scooping it up in some cases.

see sb do和 see sb doing

u see sb do sth表示“看见某人做了某事”，强调看到某人做完了某事或做某事的全过程。

u see sb doing sth表示“看见某人正在做某事”，强调只是看到某人做某事的部分阶段，但不强调做完或没有必要说明是否看到做完。

比较下列两句：

I saw him repair his bike. 我看见他修了他的自行车。（他已修完了自行车）

I saw him repairing his bike. 我看见他正在修他的自行车。（并没有看到他是否已修完）

3.A plant making nuclear weapons in Texas has been ordered to temporarily shut down due to a security alert.

shut down(把窗子等)放下关下,[机](使)机器等关闭,停车

例句：The plant shut down for the strike.
      工厂因罢工而停工。

同义词组：

close down关闭,封闭,停止播音

例句：They have decided to close that branch down.
      他们决定把那个分公司关闭掉。

due to由于…,归因于…

例句：He's unable to come to the meeting today due to health problems.
       因为身体不适，他不能出席今天的会议了。

其他表示原因，归因于的词组：

attribute to，owe to，because of

例句：I attribute our success to him.
      我把我们的成功归功于他。

      He owes his success more to luck than to ability.
      他认为他的成功是靠运气而不是因为自己有能力。

4.However, they turned out to be hunters stalking ducks.

turn out to be结果是, 原来是, 证明是

例句：My new car turned out to be my white elephant.
      我的新车成了我的累赘。