BBC news 2010-07-10 加文本

1.Senior US officials have hailed the spy saga as an important achievement, saying that by shutting down the network, they have demonstrated strong counter-intelligence capability and sent a warning to other countries that might have been contemplating spying on the US.

shut down完全关闭，倒闭，停止运转

例句：The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
      那商店因生意萧条而停业。

      She shut the lid down.
      她扣上了盖儿。

2.But the statement drafted by the United States stopped short of naming North Korea, despite an international inquiry which found the communist country was to blame.

stop short of不再, 停止

例句：We will never stop short of the goal.
      不达目的, 决不罢休。
 
be to blame该受责备,应承担责任

例句：She was in no way to blame.
      绝不应该责备她。

3.Earlier, the public were urged to get in their homes by police officers who sealed off the roads.

seal off把...封锁起来

例句：An unused wing of the hospital was sealed off.
      一个未启用的医院侧厅被封锁了。

4.The BBC has learnt that football's world governing body FIFA was warned before this year's World Cup of fears that Nigeria's team could be vulnerable to match-fixing.

be vulnerable to易受...的伤害

例句：A system without anti-virus software will be vulnerable to a hacker attack.
      没有防毒软件的系统很容易被黑客攻击。

5. It's alleged certain Nigerian players came forward during qualifying, suggesting that their team was vulnerable to manipulation.

come forward自告奋勇，提出供讨论

例句：If he's willing to come forward on our behalf, we're sure to succeed.
      他要肯出头，咱们这件事准能成功。