BBC news 2011-05-25 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's ready to compromise to achieve peace with the Palestinians, but he told a joint session of the US Congress in Washington that a future Palestinian state would not see a return to the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports.

joint session上下两议院的联席会议

2. I recognise that in a genuine peace we'll be required to give up parts of the ancestral Jewish homeland.

give up放弃;投降
例句：She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。

3. They are also to be tried for corruption.

be tried for因…被审判
例句：Tom is being tried for robbery with violence.
汤姆因暴力抢劫罪而受审。

4. Once again, Egypt's military rulers have responded to growing pressure from the opposition by announcing new and tougher measures against the former president and his family.

once again再次
例句：I have been praised once again.
我再次受到表扬。
respond to对…作出反应
例句：She responded to the news by bursting into tears.
她听到那个消息后眼泪夺眶而出。

5. This appears to be a clear attempt to defuse a major opposition protest planned for Friday.

appear to似乎，好像
例句：They appear to have misunderstood me.
他们似乎误解了我。

6. The former president is accused of corruptly acquiring a palace and four villas in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：The man was accused of being a spy.
那人被指控是个间谍。

7. The World Bank said the money would sustain the momentum of change but only if coupled with real reform.

couple with与…连接在一起
例句：The high winds coupled with a rising tide.
强风和涨潮结合在一起。

8. President Obama and his wife Michelle are attending a banquet given by Queen Elizabeth on the latest stage of his state visit to Britain.

state visit国事访问
例句：The head of a foreign state will pay a state visit to our country.
这位外国元首将对我国进行国事访问。

9. He also visited a secondary school with the Prime Minister David Cameron.

secondary school中学
例句：He works in a secondary school.
他在一所中学工作。

10. Airlines have cancelled 500 flights in Scotland and northern England as a plume of volcanic ash spreads from Iceland.

volcanic ash火山灰