BBC news 2011-04-15 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said more members of the alliance need to contribute attack aircraft to the military operation in Libya.

contribute to 捐献，贡献
例句：This new discovery will contribute to all humanity. 
这个新发现将对全人类作出贡献。 

2. For days, France and Britain have been complaining that too few member countries were willing to provide ground-attack aircraft for strikes against Colonel Gaddafi's forces.

be willing to 乐意，愿意
例句：We are willing to help but unable to do so about this. 
这件事我们是爱莫能助了。

3. Opposition rebel leaders in Libya have been pleading for more strikes to prevent the killing of civilians.

plead for 乞求，恳求
例句：They pleaded for help.
他们恳求帮助。

4. The man in charge of air traffic control in the United States, Hank Krakowski, has resigned over revelations that flight controllers have been sleeping on the job.

in charge of 主管，负责
例句：The cook is in charge of the kitchen helper.
这位厨师负责管理厨工。

5. Six times so far this year, air traffic controllers at US airports have fallen asleep on the job.

fall asleep 入睡，睡着
例句：Don't cry,the sick have fallen asleep.
别叫喊，病人已经入睡了。

6. The most recent was just last week when a medical flight carrying a sick patient had to land on its own in Nevada when the pilot couldn't get through to a snoozing controller on night duty.

get through to sb (电话)接通某人
I can't get through to him that he must have a good rest.
我无法联络上他要他必须好好休息。

7. Two aircraft had to land unaided last month here in Washington after the controller there nodded off.

nod off 打瞌睡，打盹
例句：The old man nodded off by the fire.
那位老人在火炉边睡着了。

8. Anti-government protests broke out a month ago.

break out 突然发生，爆发
例句：The Second World War broke out in September 1939.
第二次世界大战爆发于1939年9月。

9. The government's decision to set free many of those arrested recently is certainly a concession of some kind, but whether it will be enough to calm the mood is open to question.

set free 释放
例句：The prisoner was set free.
那名囚犯获释了。

10. Inside, a campaigner read out a statement by the father of one of the 11 men who died in the blast, in which he accused BP of prioritising

profits over safety. read out 大声宣读，朗读
例句：The announcer read out the names of the players before the game began.
比赛开始前，播音员宣读了运动员的名字。

11. He said Britain was opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances.

death penalty 死刑
例句：In Africa , only four countries carried out the death penalty last year .
在非洲，只有四个国家去年执行死刑。
in all circumstances 在任何情况下
例句：He will stick with you in all circumstances.
在任何情况下他都会忠于你的。