BBC news 2011-05-16 加文本

短语讲解：

1. We were throwing rocks to the other side. Some of us were breaking stones and passing on for people to throw rocks.

pass on传递; 传授
例句：Would you please pass the dictionary on to Mary?
请你把这本词典传给玛丽, 行吗?

2. An Israeli army spokeswoman, Colonel Avital Leibovich, accused Syria of organising the unrest.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

3. "The Syrian regime is intentionally attempting to divert the world's attention away from their brutal crackdown on their own civilians to the incitement on Israel's northern border."

attempt to试图，企图
例句：He attempted to get in touch with them but without success.
他试图和他们联系, 但未成功。
divert one's attention分散注意力
例句：She was really hungry, so the chicken and tarts served to divert her attention for a time. 
她真的饿慌了，因此鸡和馅饼暂时转移了她的注意力。

4. The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is expected to appear in court in New York shortly over allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid.

be expected to 被期望，应该
例句：Traffic is expected to be resumed shortly.
预期很快能恢复交通。

5. She told detectives that she was about to clean his hotel suite when he began assaulting her.

be about to将要,正打算
例句：She is about to retire.
她马上就要退休了。

6. Voters in Zurich have overwhelmingly rejected proposals to ban assisted suicide or to limit the practice to residents of the Swiss city.

assisted suicide协助自杀
例句：Apart from Switzerland , those places that allow assisted suicide have similar safeguards .
除了瑞士，那些允许协助式自杀的地方也有同样的安全措施。

7. As for the content, I can tell you that on average people in Zurich have a liberal attitude to this reform.

on average平均
例句：On average we receive five letters each day.
我们平均每天收到五封信。

8. Thousands of people in the American state of Louisiana are being evacuated after floodgates were opened on Saturday to relieve pressure from the swollen Mississippi River.

relieve pressure减轻压力
例句：This will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent.
这在一定程度上将会减轻对火车的压力。

9. Officers of Colombia's anti-narcotics squad said Mr Hernandez had gone to great lengths to avoid being identified.

go to great lengths不遗余力, 竭尽全力
例句：He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.
不管花多大力气, 他都要把孩子从前妻那里要回来。

10. Not only did he carry a fake ID, he also had plastic surgery on his nose and ears; and his fingertips had been altered, so his prints didn't match those police had on record.

plastic surgery整形手术
例句：She had the plastic surgery last year.
她是去年做整形手术的。