BBC news 2011-02-23 加文本

1.The death penalty will be applied to all those who cooperate with foreign states, or anybody who works in their interests, and anybody who harms the defence of the country.

apply to适用于

例句：The law applied to all persons.
      这项法律适用于所有人。

      These principles apply to learning maths.
      这些原则适用于学习数学。

2.She said fireworks were also set off and cars drove through the city at high speed, their horns blaring.

set off点燃, 爆炸

例句：Be careful that you don't set the fireworks off by mistake.
      当心点, 别弄错了引起那些爆竹爆炸。

      The children are setting fireworks off in the garden.
      孩子们在花园里燃放烟火。

3.The US Navy said that the crew of one of its warships was negotiating with the pirates when shooting broke out aboard the captured yacht, the Quest.

break out(战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然发生, 爆发

例句：Something unexpected always breaks out in this area.
      在这一地区总有意想不到的事情发生。

      The Second World War broke out in September 1939.
      第二次世界大战爆发于1939年9月。

4.Burma had been on the point of being declared free of polio, a highly contagious virus that can lead to paralysis and which is spread mainly through contaminated food and water.

on the point of即将

例句：I was on the point of going to bed when you rang.
      你打电话的时候我正要睡觉。

5.A team from the World Health Oganisation is already in Burma to work out how to stop its spreading again there.

work out作出; 制订出

例句：It wasn't too long before we had worked out a plan acceptable to all.
      没多久我们就制订出一个大家都能接受的计划。

      The plan has already been worked out, and could be put into operation at a moment's notice.
      计划已经拟好并立即可以付诸实施。