BBC news 2011-03-25 加文本

be authorised to 被授权做…
例句：The Jury President alone shall be authorised to disqualify a competitor from a competition.
裁判长通常是发布某选手被取消资格公告的"负责人"。

2. Leaders in the region are getting increasingly frustrated at Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to step down despite calls by the Ecowas region, by the African Union and many other bodies that have looked into the election.

look into在...里查资料;深入地检查,研究;调查
例句：A working party has been set up to look into the problem.
已成立工作组调查该问题。

3. The move came soon after the Syrian government said it would examine ways to meet the legitimate demands of people in the city of Deraa, where at least 25 protesters were shot dead by security forces on Wednesday.

meet the demands of 满足…的需求或要求
例句：We must help them to learn new skills to meet the demands of the market.
我们必须帮助他们学习新技能，以切合市场的需求。

4.  Political activists were not expecting a revision of state emergency laws that have been in effect since 1963.

in effect 生效;在实行中
例句：The old tax regulations will remain in effect until next June.
旧税法到明年六月前仍然有效。

5. The president's adviser confessed that mistakes were made in Deraa, but said they weren't the responsibility of the leadership.

make mistakes 犯错误
例句：Everyone may make mistakes at times.
每个人不时都会犯错误。

6. The United Nations human rights committee says it believes hundreds of people have disappeared in Libya over the past few months in what may amount to crimes against humanity.

amount to 共计；意味着；发展成
例句：The bill amounts to $500.
这张账单共计500美元。
例句：His words amounted to a threat.
他的话实际上是威胁。
例句：If he goes on like this, he'll never amount to anything.
如果他一味这样下去, 他将一事无成。

7. In most cases, the fate of the disappeared, many of whom were reportedly opponents of the Libyan government or members of the armed forces who refused to fire on protesters, remains unknown.

in most cases  大多数情况下
例句：In most cases， national politics is simply indifferent to the interests of foreigners.
在大多数情况下，各国的政策对外国人的利益是漠不关心的。

8. The former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has been charged with abuse of power over the murder of the investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze.

charge with 控告
例句：He is bring to court and charge with rape.
他被带进法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

9. The summit was supposed to rubber-stamp a package of measures to settle the tension affecting the euro area, but developments in Portugal have cast a shadow.

a package of 一包，一整套
例句：We have already worked out a package of comprehensive measures to improve the overcrowding situation.
因此，我们已制定一套全面的改善交通拥堵的方案。