BBC news 2011-04-19 加文本

短语讲解：

1. However, Mr Jonathan has had to appeal for calm as violence erupted across parts of northern Nigeria in response to his victory.

appeal for 呼吁，请求
例句：He appealed for his parents' forgiveness.
他恳求他的双亲宽恕他。
in response to 对…做出反应
例句：She laughed in response to his jokes.
他的话引起她大笑。

2. Angry youths, supporters of the defeated Mr Buhari, have torched homes, churches and cars, and set up burning barricades in towns and cities across northern Nigeria.

set up 建立，设立
例句：They set up a supervisory institution.
他们设立了监察机构。

3. In revising its outlook, Standard & Poor's has waded into a highly charged political debate about how to cut America’s vast and growing budget deficit.

wade into精神饱满地开始，涉足
例句：Only when more investors wade into the market will it become more active .
只有当更多的投资者涉足黄金市场时，这个市场才能够活跃起来。

4. There’s a significant risk, it says, that congressional negotiations will not result in agreement on a fiscal strategy until after the 2012 presidential elections.

result in 导致，结果是
例句：The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
这次水灾造成相当大的减产。

5. More than 100 people have died in two months of protests calling for the president Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.

step down 下台，辞职
例句：Blair has said he will step down as prime minister before September.
布莱尔表示，他将在今年9月之前离任。

6. One person was killed when several hundred people attacked a police station near the site.

police station 警察局
例句：He works in the nearby police station.
他在附近的警察局工作。

7. Environmental experts point out that Konkan is one of the most bio-diverse regions on earth, and they insist it will be destroyed.

point out 指出
例句：When the mistake was pointed out to him, he hastened to correct it.
当有人向他指出错误时, 他赶紧纠正。
on earth 世界上，地球上
例句：It is the most pervasive compound on earth. 
它是地球上最普遍的化合物。

8. The latest protests started after the environment minister issued a statement ruling out cancelling the project.

rule out宣布…不可能，排除…的可能性
例句：That's a possibility that can't be ruled out.
那是一个不能不予考虑的可能性。

9. Mr Medvedev said Russia may have to resort to drugs testing in schools to tackle the problem.

resort to 诉诸于，采取
例句：We shall have to resort to arbitration.
我们将不得不诉诸仲裁。

10. One of Italy’s leading businessmen, Pietro Ferrero, has died after falling off his bicycle during a business trip to South Africa.

fall off 跌落，掉下
例句：When you are learning to ride a bicycle, you often fall off.
初学骑自行车时, 常会从车上掉下来。