BBC news 2010-04-16 加文本

1.A plane carrying the ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev took off from Jalalabad Airport on Thursday evening.

take off起跳; 起飞

例句：The tiger took off from the ground with a powerful spring.
      老虎从地上猛地一跃而起。

      Watch that bird taking off from the branch!
      注意看那只鸟从枝头飞起来!

2.In an uNPRecedented move, Britain closes its entire airspace to all but emergency flights.

all but除了…之外(都)

例句：All but one of the passengers were killed in the accident.
      除了一个乘客外, 其他人都在这起事故中丧生。

3.With the polls pointing to the possibility of a hung parliament, the party leaders wanted to avoid slip-ups and none of them committed obvious gaffes.

hung parliament无任何党派占明显多数的议会

4.Appearing on national television, Mr Olmert, who is already on trial in another corruption case, urged people not to jump to conclusions and said he would cooperate with the police investigation.

jump to conclusions草率结论,速断

例句：You sometimes jump to conclusions too soon.
      你有时过早地做出结论。

5.By doing that, we'll ramp up robotic exploration of the solar system, ...

ramp up加强；加大

例句：The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.
      这家工厂没有能力加速生产。