BBC news 2011-04-14 加文本

短语讲解：

1. We have to live with our means.

have to 不得不，必须
例句：Soldiers have to obey orders.
军人必顺服从命令。

2. We have to get back on a path that will allow us to pay down our debt.

allow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事
例句：Allow me to introduce you to our headmaster.
请允许我介绍你见见我们的校长。

3. Mr Obama's plans rely significantly on tax increases for the wealthy, as well as on cuts in healthcare costs and the defence budget.

rely on 依靠，依赖，信赖
例句：Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

4. Members of the group of nations opposing Colonel Gaddafi's rule in Libya have agreed to look at setting up a mechanism for getting financial aid to the rebels.

set up 建立，创立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。
financial aid 财政援助

5. It made no mention of whether the money might be used to buy weapons.

make mention of 提到，提及
例句：We must make mention of these theories. 
我们必须提到这些理论。
make no mention of 没有提到

6. Perhaps the two explosions that echoed around Tripoli this afternoon were backing up the message from Doha that Colonel Gaddafi must go.

back up 阻塞
例句：The accident backed up traffic.
事故使交通堵塞。

7. The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, says two men have confessed to Monday's bomb attack on the Minsk metro, which killed 12 people and wounded more than 200.

confess to 承认，坦白
例句：She confessed to stealing the jewels.
她承认偷了宝石。

8. It has taken the security agency and the police only 24 hours to conduct a brilliant operation after following up leads.

follow up 跟着，继续，追逐
例句：You start the work, and I'll follow up.
你先开始工作, 我会接着做。

9. Shares in one of America's largest corporations, General Electric, fell sharply for a brief period as investors reacted to what turned out to be a hoax press release.

turn out to be 结果是，原来是，证明是
例句：It be a complete shoot in the dark but it turn out to be the right answer 
这完全是瞎猜的,结果却答对了。 
press release 新闻稿

10. The firm routinely pays little or no tax in the US, despite having annual revenues in excess of $150bn and profits last year of $11bn.

in excess of 多于，超出
例句：My advice is that you should never spend in excess of your income. 
我劝你花钱不要超过你的收入。