BBC news 2011-04-13 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in intensive care in hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh after suffering heart problems, according to Egyptian media reports.

intensive care 重症护理
例句：Dan feels completely restored to health after a period of intensive care .
经过一段时间的精心护理，丹感到完全恢复了健康。

2. It’s reported that he was meeting state investigators for the first time when he fell ill with heart problems.

for the first time 第一次
例句：For the first time I felt repentance and sorrow. 
我第一次感到后悔，感到难过。
fall ill 生病
例句：She have to stay home because her son falls ill. 
因为儿子生病所以她得待在家里。

3. Ever since it took control of the military operation from the United States, Nato has been anxious to present a united front.

take control of 控制，掌管
例句：There must be someone who can take control of these naughty children
应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子。

4. No country has been singled out for criticism, but it's believed that frustration in both Paris and London is focused on those nations including Italy and Spain that have been reluctant to provide warplanes to conduct bombing missions.

be reluctant to do 不情愿做…，不愿意做…
例句：I was reluctant to unload those books. 
我不愿意丢弃那些书。

5. Investigators have been searching for the rear section as it could contain the flight data recorders.

search for 搜索，搜寻
例句：They searched all the drawers for the missing paper.
他们翻了所有的抽屉找寻那份遗失的文件。

6. More than 200 people on board the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris died.

on board在船〔火车, 飞机, 汽车〕上
例句：When all passengers were on board, the train pulled out of the station.
所有乘客都上车后, 火车开出了车站。

7. Unusual scenes were playing out today at a once luxury hotel overlooking Abidjan lagoon.

play out 演完，做完，结束
例句：The children succeeded in playing out the comedy within two hours.
孩子们成功地在两小时内演完那出喜剧。

8. The European Union has imposed sanctions on more than 30 Iranian officials accused of being involved in human rights abuses.

accuse of 指控，控告
例句：He was accused of corruption.
他被控告犯有贪污罪。
human right 人权

9. The new steps include travel restrictions and freezing assets.

freeze assets 冻结资产
例句：Legal authorities of Greece freeze assets of terrorists 
希腊司法当局冻结恐怖分子资产。