BBC news 2010-06-16 加文本

1.Bloody Sunday was a tragedy for the bereaved and the wounded, and a catastrophe for the people of Northern Ireland.

复数性“the+形容词”表示一类具有某种特征或特性的人时，通常表示复数意义，若用作主语，谓语要用复数。如。如：The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. 富者愈富，贫者愈贫。The injured were carried away on stretchers. 用担架把受伤的人抬走了。The old are more likely to catch cold than the young. 老年人比年轻人更容易感冒。

2.None of them were armed. Lord Saville also accuses some of the paratroopers of giving knowingly untrue and false accounts to the inquiry, opening up the possibility of prosecution for perjury.

open up打开

例句：In some places there was no way through for the railway line, so new passages had to be opened up with explosives.
      有些地方无法铺设铁路线, 因此一些新的路段得用炸药炸开。

变宽; 展现; 揭示

例句：The State Council are examining possibilities which are opening up in local affairs.
       国务院正在考查开放地方事务的可行性。

      The chance meeting with the president opened up new possibilities for him.
      与总统邂逅提供给他新的机会。

3.The fire on the Discovery Enterprise has since been put out, and the company says it may have been started following a lightning strike.

put out扑灭; 熄灭

例句：They quickly put out the fire.
      他们迅速将火扑灭。

      Smoking is forbidden here. Please put your cigarette out.
      这里禁止吸烟, 请将您的烟熄灭。

4. The 19-metre-high sculpture on a highway outside Cincinnati caught fire and burnt to the ground after being struck during a thunderstorm.

burn to the ground轰然倒地，一蹶不振，彻底毁灭