BBC news 2010-06-08 加文本

1.Germany needed to set a good example to other European countries as sound finances were the best way to avert another crisis.

set an example为…树立榜样

例句：Her diligence has set an example to the others.
      她的勤奋为其他人树立了榜样。

与set有关的词组

1)set off "动身;使爆炸;使开始"。

They will set off for Paris next week.下星期他们将动身去巴黎。

2)set about"开始;着手"

Once I realized what was wrong, I set about correcting it. 我一认识到错误马上就纠正。

3)set out "出发;开始;陈述"

They will set out at dawn.他们将在拂晓出发。

4)set up"创造;建立;创办"

The young man has just set up a new national record in high jump. 那个小伙子刚创造跳高全国记录。

2.Meanwhile, plans to rebuild from scratch a famous Prussian palace in Berlin have been postponed.

from scratch〈非正〉从头做起, 从零开始

例句：It's completely ruined, so we'll have to start from scratch.
      它完全毁了, 我们只好从头做起。

3.A US army intelligence analyst has been arrested on suspicion of leaking classified military videos and documents to a website that campaigns for freedom of information.

on suspicion of因有…嫌疑,因受到…怀疑

例句：She's been arrested on suspicion of spying.
      她因涉嫌间谍活动而被捕。

4.This 90-minute meeting took place at a time of heightened regional tension, following Israel's raid on aid ships heading for Gaza one week ago which killed nine activists.

head for朝…进发

例句：We saw him heading for us, so we stepped aside.
      我们看见他向我们走来, 就让到一边。

      He put on his coat and headed for the door.
      他穿上大衣向门口走去。