BBC news 2011-04-26 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Syrian government said the troops had been invited to the town to hunt for what it called 'extremist terrorist groups'. Adam Mynott has compiled this report.

hunt for 寻找
例句：The whole neighborhood have been hunting for the missing child.
整条街的人都在寻找那个失踪的孩子。

2. The army moved in in force, firing at demonstrators.

move in 搬进，迁入
例句：They will move in next week.
他们将在下星期搬进新居。
in force 大批地，大规模地
例句：The enemy is in force behind the hill.
敌人在山后集结了大量兵力。

3. There are reports of bodies lying in the streets and more people killed today, taking the death toll to more than 350 since protests in Syria began last month.

death toll 死亡人数
例句：The death toll has risen to 200.
死亡人数已上升到两百人。

4. But these are only limited sanctions and critics point out the contrast between its military action in Libya, but also with its response to Bahrain and Yemen, where the authorities have also used violence to put down protests, but where the White House has limited itself to words of condemnation.

put down 镇压，平定，取缔
例句：The uprising was put down with utmost ferocity.
起义被极端残酷地镇压下去了。

5. Until now, the Italians have played a minor role in the operation of enforcing a no-fly zone and arms embargo.

play a role in 在…中起作用，在…中扮演角色
例句：Woman used to play a passive role in a marriage.
妇女过去在婚姻中常常扮演顺从被动的角色。

6. Western governments and NATO who have set about to fulfill Resolution 1973 in their own way have come out on the side of the rebel movement and probably the rebels are counting on that.

set about 着手做
例句：The girl attendant has set about cleaning the room.
那位女服务员已开始打扫房间。
count on 依靠，依赖
例句：If there's anything I can do, count on me.
如果有我能做的事, 找我好了。

7. Hundreds of police have been deployed around the Indian port town of Jaitapur, the proposed site of the world's largest nuclear plant, in an attempt to block the arrival of anti-nuclear protest march.

in an attempt to 试图，力图
例句：The police fire tear-gas shells in an attempt to disperse the crowd. 
警察施放催泪弹企图驱散人群。

8. Nearly 500 militants got away in the southern city of Kandahar.

get away 逃掉，逃脱
例句：He has got away with a huge sum in diamonds.
他携带大量钻石逃走了。