BBC news 2011-05-15 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Army engineers in the American state of Louisiana have opened the first floodgate in an operation that will flood rural homes and large areas of farmland in order to protect cities on the Mississippi River.

in order to为了…
例句：In order to succeed here you will need to overcome your prejudices. 
你需要消除偏见, 才能在这里获得成功。 

2. And I think it's important to remember that at this point in time, not only is public safety our No. 1 priority, but family has got to be the No. 1 priority as well.

in time及时, 不迟
例句：He is believed to arrive in time.
相信他会按时到达。

3. Pack up a few important things, get your family and heed their advice

pack up打包; 收拾
例句：I heard that her husband had packed up his things and moved out.
我听说她丈夫已收拾了他的东西搬出去住了。

4. The other three are at large in Pakistan.

at large (囚犯)在逃, 逍遥法外
例句：The escaped prisoner is still at large.
那个逃犯仍逍遥法外。

5. He said Beijing was unhappy with the experts' report and the Chinese member of the panel hadn't signed off on it.

sign off on认可，同意
例句：Shareholders and regulators still have to sign off on that deal .
仍有待股权人和监督人同意签此合同。

6. Delegates from across Libya have met for the first time in the eastern city of Benghazi to proclaim themselves the legitimate government of the country.

for the first time第一次
例句：He came to the countryside for the first time.
他第一次来到农村。

7. The National Transitional Council, the provisional authority in Benghazi, insisted it now represented all the Libyan people rather than Colonel Gaddafi's government in Tripoli.

rather than而不是
例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

8. The new President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, has used his inaugural address to promise to change the country.

inaugural address就职演说
例句：He delivered his second inaugural address.
他发表了第二次就职演说。

9. Significantly, the winning goal was scored by one of his big-money signings, the Ivorian Yaya Toure.

big-money signings 大笔交易
例句：United may have made three big -money signings this summer.
曼联今年夏天已经完成了3笔大交易。