BBC news 2010-10-17 加文本

1.Addressing a meeting of her conservative CDU party, Mrs Merkel said the practice of people from different cultural backgrounds living peacefully side by side was not working in Germany.

side by side肩并肩地, 一起

例句：The two children are walking side by side.
      那两个孩子肩并肩地走着。

相互支持

例句：We must stand side by side in this trouble and help each other.
      在这困难时刻我们必须团结一致, 互相帮助。

2.Mrs Merkel has put her weight behind that view.

put her weight behind支持

例句：He promised to swing his full weight behind his friend.
       他保证全力支持他的朋友。

3.A group of what the police describe as anarchists operated on the fringes of the main demonstration, and as it drew to a close, they began ransacking cafe terraces, breaking windows and setting fire to bins.

draw to a close渐近结束

例句：Easter festivities in Latin America draw to a close on Wednesday. :
      拉丁美洲的复活节庆典周三就要接近尾声了。

set fire to点燃,使燃烧,使着火

例句：I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.
      我认为有人蓄意放火烧这幢房子。

4.The clashes did not last long, but they are a reminder to both the government and unions of how quickly things can get out of hand.

get out of hand失去控制

例句：For without the desire for unity, the struggle is certain to get out of hand.
      因为如果在主观上没有团结的愿望，一斗势必把事情斗乱，不可收拾。

5.Members of an entire Anglican church in southern England are taking up an offer by the Pope to convert to Roman Catholicism.

convert to(使)改信, 皈依(另一宗教)

例句：Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.
      很多人情愿皈依佛教。

      Priests converted many people to Christianity.
      牧师们使很多人改信基督教。