BBC news 2010-07-06 加文本

1.It says that he harkened to the passionate appeals of top officials and well-meaning Nigerians, and that he changed his mind for the sake of millions of youths involved in football.

for the sake of为了…,为了…起见,出于…考虑

例句：Never do wrong for the sake of money.
      绝不要为金钱而做坏事。

2.However, their own environment agency found that the country was threatened, but by flooding rivers rather than the sea.

rather than而不是

例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
      他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

3.The symbolic remains of Manuela Saenz, who was buried in Peru in 1856, were laid to rest alongside those of her lover, the Liberator, Simon Bolivar.

lay,lie区别

lay(放，搁；下蛋）
lie(躺，位于）
lay的过去式，过去分词，现在分词分别是：laid,laid,laying
lie的过去式，过去分词，现在分词分别是：lay,lain,lying
所以应注意的是，
lay做动词原形时解为放，搁；下蛋,此外可以表示lie的过去式！

lie说谎，lie平躺，lay放置，下蛋这几个词语怎么区别记忆啊？
原形 过去式 过去分词 现在分词
lie lied lied lying 说谎
lie lay lain lying 平躺，位于
lay laid laid (现在分词是什么)放置，下蛋

巧记lie和lay
躺 lie,lay,lain,lie in bed again;
撒谎 lie,lied,lied,don't be a liar;
产蛋 lay,laid,laid,a hen laid an egg;
放置 A loy picked it up,and laid it in the bag.

4.A new campaign is under way to save the legacy of one of Britain's greatest filmmakers.

under way已经开始并进行着

例句：The yearly campaign to raise funds for the Red Cross is already under way.
       一年一度为红十字会募集基金的运动已在进行中。