BBC news 2010-09-14 加文本

1.Cuba has announced plans to lay off huge numbers of state employees in the biggest shift to the private sector since the revolution in 1959.

lay off暂时解雇,裁员

例句：The factory has laid off workers because of the drop in sales.
      那个工厂由于销量下降而暂时解雇了工人。

      The work force has been laid off.
      工人们被辞退了。

2. The Palestinians say they will walk out of new peace talks if settlement construction resumes.

walk out of辞去

例句：His impulse was to walk out of the meeting hall, but he restrained himself.
      他简直想走出会场去，但他克制住了自己。

3.Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith said the firm would create a new software licence for Russian NGOs in order to prevent what he described as "nefarious actions taken in the guise of anti-piracy enforcement".

in the guise of假借,以...为幌子

例句：They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.
      他们假装成视察员进了学校。

4.The new materials consist of pressure sensors built into or under flexible rubber sheets, which could be easily wrapped around robotic instruments.

consist of由…组成，由...构成

例句：The book consists of nineteen chapters.
      全书共分19章。

      The entire world consists of matter.
      整个世界都是由物质组成的。