BBC news 2010-08-05 加文本

1.President Obama says the battle to stop the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is finally close to coming to an end.

close to离…近

例句：His house is close to mine.
      他的房子靠近我家。

      It is close to fact.
      这更接近于事实。

come to an end束,终止

例句：The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.
      那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

2.A government report has calculated that three quarters of the oil has now either been captured, burnt off, evaporated or broken down by nature.

break down垮掉,分解

例句：To break down into component parts; 
      腐烂分解成各组成部分

3.The results indicate a vote of 66% in favour with 34% against.

in favour赞成

例句：He was in favour of the declaration of a truce.
      他赞成宣布停战。

4.It lies in one of the regions worst affected by the fires, some of which, the government has admitted, are out of control.

lie in位于

例句：The house lies in a little valley behind the trees.
      那所房子坐落在树林后的一个山谷里。

在于

例句：All their hopes lie in him.
      他们把所有希望都寄托在他身上。