BBC news 2010-05-31 加文本

1.More oil is leaking into the Gulf of Mexico than at any other time in our history; it means there's more oil than the Exxon Valdez.

More than at any other是比较级表示最高级的意思。

比较级表示最高级的几种情况：

1)、直接使用比较级

①How beautiful she sings! I've never heard a better voice.

= She has the best voice I've ever heard.

她唱得多好啊！这是我听到的最美的歌喉。

②I have never read a more interesting novel.

= It is the most interesting novel I've ever read.

这是我读过的最有趣的小说。

2)、比较级 + than + the other + 复数名词/ + any other + 单数名词/ + any of the other + 复数名词

①She goes to school earlier than the other girls.

她比其他女孩早上学。

②He works harder than any other student.

她学习最用功。

③China is larger than any of the other countries in Asia.

中国是亚洲最大的国家

3)、比较级 + than + anything/ anyone else

①George did more work than anyone else.

乔治干活最多。

②Tom cared more for money than for anything else

汤姆最喜欢钱。

4)、在比较句型中使用 "no", "nobody", "nothing" 等词。

①I like nothing better than swimming.

我最喜欢游泳。

②Nobody can do the work better than he did.

这项工作他做得最出色。

③No other building is as grand as the new hotel.

新建的宾馆是当地最豪华的。

2.They’ll try to slice through a broken pipe and fit a device to transfer the leaking oil to the surface.

slice through切断, 截断

例句：The train, unable to stop in time, sliced through the bus, killed nine passengers.
      火车没能及时刹车, 撞断了公共汽车, 使九位乘客丧命。

3.The Turkish foreign ministry accused the Buenos Aires authorities of acceding to the demands of the Armenian community there and deciding not to unveil a bust of Ataturk in the city.

accede to同意,应诺;继承,加入

例句：She acceded to the throne in 1952.
      她在一九五二年即位。

      Many countries have acceded to the treaty.
      许多国家已加入了那个条约。

4. Mr Santos has promised to continue Mr Uribe's tough stance against left-wing rebels, while Mr Mockus has put more emphasis on education and rule of law.

put emphasis on强调,着重

例句：Some schools put special emphasis on language teaching.
      有些学校特别重视语言教学。