BBC news 2011-05-23 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The security forces in Pakistan have been fighting a lengthy battle with militants who attacked a naval base in the city of Karachi overnight. Around a dozen well-armed attackers entered the base, setting off explosives.

set off (使)开始; 引起
例句：She had stopped crying but his shouting set her off again.
她已经不哭了, 但是他的大声喊叫使她又哭了起来。

2. At least two of these multi-million-dollar aircraft were set ablaze.

set ablaze烧起,燃起
例句：The Norwegian Embassy in Damascus was set ablaze Saturday.
挪威驻大马士革大使馆星期六被点燃。

3. The deal was meant to pave the way for Mr Saleh's resignation after months of pro-democracy protests in Yemen.

be meant to有意要,打算
例句：We were meant to be together.
我们注定要在一起的。

4. State television reported that President Saleh would only sign it in the presence of opposition leaders.

in the presence of在…面前，有某人在场
例句：She showed constraint in the presence of the strangers.
她在陌生人面前显得很拘束。

5. The United Nations Security Council has called on the northern Sudanese army to withdraw from positions it has taken in the disputed region of Abyei on the border with southern Sudan.

take in获得(土地、领土)，兼并
例句：  A good deal of the marsh was taken in from the sea.
很大一部分沼地是由填海而成。

6. The Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the Socialists had been punished for three years of economic crisis, but he said he would not bring forward a general election due next year.

bring forward提出
例句：I can bring forward more cases to illustrate my argument.
我可以举出更多事例来说明我的论点。

7. The new local governments that come out of these elections will face very tough economic conditions for everyone.

come out of由…产生,从…出来
例句：This is one of the best pictures that have ever come out of that studio.
这是那家电影制片厂生产的最佳影片之一。

8. And we all, the government of Spain and the local governments, must contribute to help Spain recover the living standards the country deserves.

contribute to促成，有助于，起作用
例句：Smoking is a major factor contribute to cancer.
吸烟是致癌的一个重要因素。

9. Von Trier was thrown out of the festival last week for joking that he was a Nazi.

throw out拒绝; 否决
例句：The case was thrown out of court because of insufficient evidence.
由于证据不足, 法庭对此案不予受理。

10. Research conducted in the Inca heartland in Peru suggests their civilisation emerged partly as the result of an extraordinary agricultural development nearly 3,000 years ago.

as the result of由于…的结果
例句：He is paralyzed as the result of a would-be assassin's bullet years ago.
几年前有人对他行刺未遂, 但子弹使他瘫痪了。