BBC news 2011-05-06 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The army in Pakistan has publicly admitted there were shortcomings in the way the country gathered intelligence on the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden before he was traced and killed in Pakistan by American special forces.

in the way 造成不便或阻碍
例句：Although he thought he was helping us prepare dinner, he was only in the way.
虽然他认为他在帮我们准备饭, 但他只是碍手碍脚。

2. The army has said it had monitored satellite phone calls made to Saudi Arabia from the compound, where a man speaking in Arabic had discussed financial issues, and the army had passed those details onto the Americans.

pass sth onto 传递…给…
例句：We will not pass your details onto third parties .
我们保证不向任何第三方透露您的资料。

3. He also visited a police station and a fire station, paying tribute to rescue workers.

police station警察局
fire station消防局
pay tribute to表示敬意, 称赞, 歌颂
例句：I want to take this opportunity to pay a public tribute to him. 
我愿借此机会公开各他表示敬意。

4. The White House wanted to keep the focus on respect for the victims, aware it could be accused of politicising the event.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：She accused the official of corruption.
她指控这位官员腐败。

5. The price of crude oil has dropped by 10%, the steepest one-day fall in more than two years.

crude oil原油
例句：Gasoline is distilled from crude oil.
汽油是从原油中提炼出来的。

6. Cwele's arrest has led to opposition calls for her husband's resignation.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

7. The directory will be available to the public to help the rightful owners recover their long-lost items. John McManus reports.

be available to可被……利用或得到的
例句：Elementary education should be available to all children.
所有的儿童都应当接受初等教育。

8. The best of those pieces, which included paintings, sculpture and jewellery, were destined for a museum that Adolf Hitler planned to build in his Austrian hometown of Linz.

be destined for预定，命中注定
例句：The man is destined for success.
这个人注定要成功的。