BBC news 2011-02-14 加文本

1.Reports from Tunisia say the new government has rushed security forces to coastal areas to stop a Europe-bound exodus of people fleeing poverty and political turmoil in Tunisia.

Europe-bound复合词

由两个或更多的词合成一个词的现象，叫复合词，又称合成词（词与词之间可以有连字符）；其中以复合名词最多，其次是复合形容词，复合动词、介词、副词、数词等也不少。
a．名词＋名词：bookshop ／store ／seller ／ mark，sunlight ／shine ／glasses，French ／Englishman，policeman ／woman，volley ／basket ／base ／ football，penfriend，grandfather ／mother ／son ／ daughter ／parent（s）／children，schoolboy ／girl／ bag ／yard，headache ／master ／teacher，moon- cake ／light，team ／house ／homework，workbook ／place ／shop，newspaper，motorbike ／car， birthday，bed ／class ／bathroom，handbag，gate- keeper ／man，pencil-box，day ／lunchtime， lifeboat ／time，postcard ／man ／office，seafood， weekday ／end，class ／work ／mate，northeast ／ west，railway，southeast ／west，textbook，teapot， shellfish，earthquake，cup ／keyboard，doorbell， fireplace，farmland，hometown，salesgirl，necklace，wardrobe，spaceship，etc．

b．形容词＋名词：loudspeaker，goodbye， midnight ／day，blackboard，Mid-autumn，software，mainland．．．

c．动名词＋名词：sitting ／waiting-room．．．

d．动词＋名词：playground ／house， watchtower，chopsticks，washroom，checkout， breakfast．．．

e．名词＋动名词：handwriting，homecooking，thanksgiving，roller-skating．．．

2.The newspaper commentary came days after her party, the NLD, refused to advocate the lifting of Western sanctions, saying they primarily affected Burma's rulers, not the people.

这句话的主干是：The newspaper commentary came。days after her party, the NLD, refused to是时间状语从句。saying是现在分词做伴随状语。they primarily affected是宾语从句。affected Burma's rulers, not the people，是……而不是……表示选择。

3.Some women carried banners reading "Italy is not a brothel" in response to several recent sex scandals in which Mr Berlusconi is accused of attending sex parties and consorting with prostitutes.

in response to对…做出反应

She laughed in response to his jokes.
他的话引起她大笑。

The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.
这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。

in which引导定语从句，修饰sex scandals。