BBC news 2011-04-18 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Preliminary results from Nigeria’s presidential election show the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan appears to have won outright in the first round.

result from 由…引起，产生于…
例句：Nothing had resulted from our efforts.
我们的努力没有产生什么结果。

2. According to regional results, he has at least 25% of the vote in at least 24 of Nigeria’s states.

according to 根据，依照
例句：Fill up the form according to the instructions.
按照说明将表填好。
at least 至少
例句：You might at least apologize
你至少应该道个歉吧。

3. The former prime minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif and two other former members of the government are to stand trial on charges of misusing public funds.

on a charge of 因…罪，以…罪名
例句：I have to appear in court on a charge of drunken driving. 
我被控告醉酒驾驶而要出庭受审。

4. Investigators had been looking into a deal involving a contract to manufacture license plates for the interior ministry worth about 15 million dollars.

look into 调查，研究
例句：The Government set up a working party to look into the problem. 
政府成立了工作组调查那个问题。

5. He is in Tora prison on the outskirts of Cairo with the former interior minister Habib al-Adly who is currently on trial on charges relating to the killing of protesters in Egypt’s uprising.

on trial 受审
例句：He's on trial for his life. 
他正在受决定他生死的审判。

6. But Mr Cameron once again ruled out any deployment of British ground troops in Libya.

rule out取消，排除…的可能性
例句：The regulations rule out anyone under the age of eighteen.
按规定, 18岁以下的人都不能参加。
否认，不承认
例句：He firmly ruled out that he had met with Rosaline.
他坚决否认曾与罗莎琳接触过。

7. France has stepped up patrols near the border with Italy and last month sent back nearly 3,000 Tunisians across the frontier. 

step up 增加，加快
例句：He's stepping up writing his new novel.
他正在加紧写作他的新小说。

8. Just days before the 25th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in 1986, about 2000 people who took part in the cleanup operation have held a demonstration in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

take part in 参加，参与
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。