BBC news 2011-04-28 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Fighting between the groups broke out four years ago, leaving Fatah in control of the West Bank and Hamas running Gaza.

break out 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。
in control of 控制,管理,掌握
例句：I could be in control of something.
我还能够管理某些事情。

2. After that, they said an interim government of technocrats would be formed to prepare for a new election in the Palestinian territories in a year's time.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
眼下他们正在为参加奥运会作准备。

3. A United Nations team visiting Libya to investigate human rights violations during the current conflict says it's already found evidence that they have occurred, but the UN says it's drawn no conclusions about who's responsible.

draw conclusions 下结论
例句：They drew different conclusions from the facts.
他们根据这些事实得出了不同的结论。

4. The job of the three-man committee is to work out who was and is responsible.

work out 解决，解答
例句：This problem will not work out.
这个问题解答不了。

5. The chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has called on the country's politicians to take action to cut the deficit in the government's finances.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

6. A leading credit rating agency recently expressed concerns about the deficit and warned that the US government

concern about 关心
例句：There is no need for you to concern yourself about where I was last night.
你没必要关心我昨晚在哪儿。

7. A team of researchers in Italy has started searching for the remains of the woman long thought to be the model for Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, the Mona Lisa.

search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。

8. They hope to carbon-date the skull to confirm her age, and then rebuild her face to compare with the painting.

compare with (把…)与…相比
例句：He began comparing himself with the students.
他开始将自己和学生相比较起来。