BBC news 2010-03-29 加文本

a great deal后面如果要跟名词，必须加介词of，即a great deal of

注意：a great deal of只能修饰不可数名词。

a great deal可以不加名词，这个时候它就被用作副词了。

例如：I've learnt a great deal from this book.
从这本书上我学到了很多。

另外，a great deal of 也可说成a good deal of。

2.So far, the UN Security Council has not officially taken up the question of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.

take up从事，拿起

例句：Maud sounded her on her willingness to take up the job.
      莫德试探了一下她是否愿意做这个工作。

接受(提议)

I'd like to take up your offer of a ride into town.
我愿接受你的邀请, 搭你的车进城。

继续

例句：I put the telephone down and took up my work again.
      我放下电话继续干我的活。

3.The vote has been seen as a test for the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who has been at the centre of a series of political and personal controversies.

the centre of处于中心

例句：Amy is always the centre of attraction at parties.
      艾米总是聚会上的中心人物。

4.In a newspaper interview, she said it was important that such priests should no longer have any contact with children and be subjected to criminal law.

no longer不再

例句：Choosing what to eat is no longer as easy as it once was.
      选择吃什么不像以前那样简单了。

be subjected to遭受,经受.受到…控制

例句：The man was subjected to questioning by the police.
      这个人受到警方的盘查。