BBC news 2011-04-10 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The building is near the residence of Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down as president.

step down 辞职，下台
例句：He stepped down last week.
他上个星期辞职不干了。

2. When bullets started coming through the windows of the British embassy and a mortar round landed in the garden, one of those working there said they decided to call it a day.

come through 穿过，穿透
例句：The day was cloudy but the sun was trying to come through. 
天阴多云，但是太阳还是想冲出来。

3. A number of foreign embassies have now shut down in Abidjan as the war being fought right in the middle of the city intensifies.

shut down 关闭，停止运作，倒闭
例句：The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
那商店因生意萧条而停业。

4. There were pockets of violence with two suspected bombs going off at election centres in the northeastern state of Borno, where a local politician was also shot dead.

go off 爆炸，开火
例句：The newspaperwoman had said a bomb or bombs might go off at 3 A.M. 
那位女记者说有一个炸弹或一批炸弹可能在凌晨三点爆炸。 

5. The area of central Sanaa, where the clashes are taking place, is blocked off by army trucks, and many streets around it are guarded by men with sticks - supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

block off 堵塞，阻挡，封锁
例句：If you block off the exit or keep it locked with key, they cannot get out of there .
如果你把出路给堵掉或者锁住，他们从此被困在那。

6. Doctors say that there are hundreds of people that have been brought into the hospitals, many of them suffering from the effects of tear gas.

suffer from 遭受，忍受
例句：Other middle-income oil importers would suffer from continued low commodity prices. 
其它中等收入石油进口国将受到持续的产品价格低的害处。
tear gas 催泪弹

7. The rebels say they are still in charge, but there are reports of continued fighting.

in charge 负责，主管，管辖
例句：There was no cohesion and there was no one person in charge .
没有任何凝聚力，也没有任何一个人来主管。

8. The films he's made were nominated for more than 50 Oscars.

be nominated for 被提名为…
例句：He was nominated for Best Actor in the movie About Schmidt .
他因影片《关于施密特》获得最佳男演员提名。

9. Don't try to fit into a preconceived notion of what I want. And then after a number of years, I can look back and I say 'Oh, that's what I was interested in at that time.'

fit into (使)符合，(使)适合，(使)适应(某事物)
例句：Any new buildings must be fitted into the existing appearance of the city.
任何新建筑都必须与全城的市容协调一致。
look back 回顾，回忆
例句：Look back all these years, I just feel like daydreaming.
回首走过的这些年，我觉得就像做了一场白日梦。