BBC news 2010-11-23 加文本

1.Politicians in northern Nigeria have chosen the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan in party primaries ahead of next year's election.

ahead of在…之前

例句：She left one day ahead of him.
      她是在他离开的前一天离开的。

      Ahead of us stretches a forest.
      我们前面是一片森林。

2.Mr Abubakar, who's from the north, hopes to become the presidential candidate of the governing party rather than Mr Jonathan, who's a southerner.

rather than而不

例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
      他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

3.But he left the PDP in a fury after falling out with Obasanjo.

fall out with与某人决裂，争吵

例句：They fall out with each other just before their marriage.
      他们就在举行婚礼之前吵了起来。