BBC news 2010-09-18 加文本

1.In a historic speech at the houses of parliament on the second day of his visit to Britain, the Pope has said the world of faith and the world of secular rationality need one another for the good of civilization.

for the good of为了…好,为了…的利益

例句：They claim it is for the good of the people.
      他们声称这是为了人民着想。

2.This was one of the most important speeches of Pope Benedict's papacy, and he used it to warn that the very health of democracy that Britain had planted all over the world was in jeopardy because religion was being excluded from national debate.

in jeopardy处于危险中

例句：Their future is in jeopardy.
      他们的前景处于危险之中。

3."Reason," said the Pope, "needed the light shed on it by religion with its unchanging teaching based on the fundamental nature of people."

shed light on使...清楚地显出, 阐明...

例句：Fluorescent bird droppings may help shed light on contested predictions in ecology.
      鸟类排遗上的萤光或许能解释生态学上的一些争议。

4.Sheikh Hassan was responding to concern expressed by the head of Britain's domestic security service that it was only a matter of time before Britain suffered an attack at the hands of Somali-trained militants.

at the hands of在…的手中,由于……的作用

例句：The writing mainly concerns the exploitation at the hands of "the man".
      这部作品主要是写在白人手里受剥削的情况。

5.Eight hundred women signed up to use the online service which delivered sperm to their doors by courier.

sign up跟…签订合同

例句：They manage to sign up all the best performers.
      他们设法跟所有最佳演员签订合同。