BBC news 2010-03-01 加文本

例句：The initial talks were the base of the later agreement.
      最初的谈判是随后达成协议的基础。
 
2.reinforce vt.加固；使更结实

例句：They reinforced a coat by sewing pieces of leather on the elbows.
      他们在外衣肘上缝皮革使衣服更耐穿。

      This evidence reinforces my view.
      这个证据证实了我的看法。

3.batter vt.vi.连续猛击；殴打

例句：The winds battered the trees.
      大风袭击着树木。

      He battered up his car in the race.
      他在车赛中把自己的汽车撞坏了。

4.breach vt.攻破，在…上打开缺口

例句：Our tanks have breached the enemy defences.
      我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

5.sinful adj.有罪的, 作孽的

例句：Good women have always saved sinful men in story.
      故事中, 向来都是善良的女人挽救了作恶的男人。

6.offend vt.触怒; 得罪；冒犯

例句：I think I never offend you.
      我想我从没有触犯过你。

7.reinstate vt.使恢复原职;使恢复原有权利

例句：The firm reinstated the man who was wrongly dismissed.
      商行把那个冤枉开除了的员工复职了。

8.exacerbate vt.使恶化;使加重

例句：The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain.
      他们给她吃的药只是加重了她的痛楚。

9.irrelevant adj.不相干的,不相关的

例句：Ludicrously irrelevant thoughts swarmed in her head.
      一些毫无干系的荒唐想法在她的脑海里涌动。

      It was all irrelevant, but I didn’t dare interrupt him in midflow.
      他说的事情全都不相关，但我还是不敢中途打断他。

10.dominate v.在…中占首要地位

例句：Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate in the school.
      似乎是运动而不是学习在那所学校占重要地位。

11.wholesale adj. 大规模(的)

例句：Shopkeepers buy wholesale and sell retail.
      小店主整批买进再零售出去。

      What the system needs is wholesale reform.
      这一体制所需要的是彻底改革。