BBC news 2010-03-08 加文本

1.Reports say the attack happened at about three in the morning local time when gangs of men descended on the village and attacked people with machetes.

descend on突然袭击;突然访问

例句：The robbers descended on the lonely house.
      强盗袭击那间孤零零的房子。

      Bob and his girl friend descended on us for the weekend.
      鲍勃和他女友突然来我家过周末。

2.President Obama has praised the courage of Iraqi voters who turned out to vote in the country's parliamentary elections, despite attacks by insurgent groups which killed at least 35 people.

turn out出席（某项活动）；在场

结果是, 原来是

例句：He said he was a doctor; but later he turned out to be a cheat.
      他自称是个医生, 结果证明他是个骗子。
 
despite引导让步状语

3.The BBC said it stood by the program which said there was evidence that some of the money sent to rebel-held areas of Tigray was misappropriated to buy arms.

stand by支持, 支援

例句：We'll stand by you through thick and thin.
      不管多么艰难困苦, 我们都要支持你们。

信守诺言

例句：My teacher is a man who stands by his promises.
      我的老师是一位信守诺言的人。

4.Taking on the Haitian team in the Augsburg Stadium was an all-star 11 made up of former footballing greats from across Europe, like Fredi Bobic and Krasimir Balakov.

take on承担

例句：He is always ready to take on heavy responsibilities.
      他一向乐于挑重担。

呈现,穿上

例句：The old factory has taken on a new look.
      这家老厂已呈现出一派新面貌。

雇用

例句：They no longer have to take on large numbers of temporary workers to do the harvesting.
      他们再也不必雇用大量临时工来收割农作物。

made up of由…组成，由…构成

例句：We think of a nucleus as made up of neutron and proton .
      我们认为原子核是由中子和质子构成的。