BBC news 2011-03-24 加文本

1. The Portuguese parliament has rejected controversial austerity measures put forward by the government to rescue the country's ailing economy.

put forward 提出
例句：Various proposals were put forward for increasing sales.
为提高销售额而提出了各种建议。

2. The Prime Minister Jose Socrates, who leads a minority government, has said he would stand down if the vote went against him.

stand down 撤退，退出，辞职，下台
例句：Mr. Heath should stand down.
希思先生应该退出竞。

3. Now Portugal looks set to head for early elections, a period of political drift, and immense pressure to accept a multi-billion-euro bailout from eurozone funds.

head for朝…方向走去，驶向，走向
例句：Let's head for the river.
咱们往河那边走吧。

look set to 即将，将会
例句：They look set to repeat their success now in the USA.
他们眼下看来肯定又在美国再度成功。

4. There's widespread reporting indicating Libyan ground forces are engaged in fighting in a number of cities, putting innocent civilians in grave danger.

be engaged in 从事，忙于，参与
例句：He is engaged in making preparations for the conference on educational work.
他正忙于筹备教育工作会议。

5. Leaders of the uprising have repeatedly called for someone to be held to account for those deaths.

account for 解释…的原因；对...负有责任
例句：How do you account for the difference between them?
你怎样解释他们之间的差异呢？
Who will have to account for the misprints in the dictionary?
谁必须对字典中的印刷错误负责?

6. Corporal Jeremy Morlock was one of five US soldiers accused of the killings in Kandahar province and of conspiracy to plant weapons on the dead to make it appear that they were enemy combatants.

accuse of 责备，控告
例句：The police were way off base when they tried to accuse her of the theft.
警察想控告她行窃，但他们搞错了。

7. Protests in Deraa have been going on since Friday, and residents say the main mosque was being used as a first aid post to treat people hurt in clashes with the police.

first aid 急救
例句：Her work involved more than administration of first aid to the wounded.
她的工作不仅是对伤者的急救。

8. The Bolivian President Evo Morales said Chile had failed to respond to a deadline he'd set for progress in negotiations.

fail to 未能…，做某事失败
例句：They fail to realize that current history is history without a current.
他们没有明白当代历史是没有趋势的历史。