BBC news 2011-01-05 加文本

1.Police say the Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was shot repeatedly at close range by one of those supposed to protect him, an elite commando who was part of his security team.

be supposed to应该,被期望

例句：And what is supposed to happen?
      原本应该发生什么呢？

2.Mr Gbagbo has said from the start of this crisis that he'd be willing to talk with his rival while insisting that he isn't prepared to cede power.

insist用法

insist【用法一】 v. 坚决要求；坚持要；一定要

例1：we insisted on his apology.

我们要他赔礼道歉。

例2： she insisted on seeing us home.

她坚持要送我们回家。

例3： i insisted on their arriving there ahead of time.

我坚持要他们提前赶到那。

注：1）insist on 后面不能接由“名词或代词 + 动词不定式”构成的复合宾语。不能说：the teacher insisted on all the compositions to be handed in on monday.

2）insist +宾语从句（从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟语气，即should + 动词原形或

省去should）。例如： the young men insisted that they （should） be sent to the front.

那些年轻人坚持要求被派往前线去。

【用法二】v. 坚持认为，坚持说，强调

1） insist on +名词。

例如： he insisted on his innocence.

他坚持说自己无罪。

2）insist on + 宾语从句在表示一个客观事实时（谓语动词不用虚拟语气，而应用陈述语气）。

例如： the boy insisted that he hadn’t broken the glass.

那小男孩坚持说他没有打烂玻璃杯。

3.She later picked out two men from a set of photographs shown to her by the police.

pick out挑选, 选择; 选拔

例句：They have picked out the best items on the menu.
      他们从菜单上选出最好的菜。

      Let's pick out the bad potatoes from the basket.
      让我们把坏掉的土豆从篮子里挑出来。

4.Prosecutors in Germany have dropped an investigation into claims by a Russian dissident couple that they had been poisoned on orders from Moscow.

on orders奉命，依照指示