BBC news 2010-02-06 加文本

1.I think it's a warning sign to corporates to wake up to the implications of what's been happening, get their house in order, come and talk to us if needed, but to solve themselves out.

wake up to(使)认识到

例句：I wish I could wake her up to the danger she is in.
      我希望能唤醒她认识到处境的危险。

      It is time I woke up to myself.I've wasted too much time fooling around, and I almost ruined my career.
      我该清醒认识自己了。我无所事事浪费了太多的时间, 差点毁了我的事业。

2.It's a big lesson to corporates. It's a lesson showing them that the SFO is very much on top of looking at these issues.

on top of熟练掌握，在...之上，除…之外

例句：He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him.
      他失业了, 不仅如此, 他妻子也离开了他。

3.Mr Clinton, who has taken charge of coordinating international aid in Haiti, has said aid efforts will be intensified.

take charge of控制, 掌管, 承担责

例句：The department was badly organized until she took charge of it.
      这个部门在她负责以前组织工作做得很差。

      The policeman said he would take charge of the gun.
      那个警察说他来看管这支枪。

4.The captain of the England football team John Terry has been stripped off his post after allegations of an extramarital affair with the former girlfriend of one of his England teammates.

strip off去掉〔剥去〕某物的表皮

例句：These fruit knives are very good for stripping apple skins off.
      这种水果刀削苹果皮很好用。

〈非正〉揭开(伪装)

例句：If you can strip off that false manner she has, you will quite like her.
      你要是能揭开她那装模作样的假象, 你会很喜欢她的。