BBC news 2011-05-28 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Mohamed Bin Hammam, who is challenging Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency, has accused the incumbent of failing to report allegations of bribery.

fail to未能…
例句：I fail to understand your motives.
我未能理解你的意图。

2. Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner will be questioned over bribery charges, which relate to a meeting of Caribbean union officials earlier this month.

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.
律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

3. The general's lawyer said he would appeal against the decision on Monday on the grounds of his client's poor health.

on the grounds of以…为理由；根据
例句：He was dismissed on the grounds of negligence.
他因渎职而遭解雇。

4. In the confusion, the pilots were unable to maintain the aircraft's speed, and the plane stalled. As the crew struggled to regain control, the plane dropped 38,000 feet in just three and a half minutes, tail first, killing all 228 people on board.

be unable to不能/不会(做)...
例句：I was unable to answer the test questions regarding the Civil War. 
我回答不出关于内战的试题。
on board 在船〔火车, 飞机, 汽车〕上
例句：The food on board is free of charge. 
飞机上的食品是免费供应的。 

5. Russia, until now a fierce critic of military action in Libya, has joined world leaders in urging Colonel Gaddafi to stand down.

stand down退出竞赛(或竞选)；(从高职位)退下
例句：John stood down during the competition for pulling his muscle.
约翰因肌肉拉伤而中途退出了比赛。

6. At the end of a G8 summit in Deauville in northern France, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the world no longer saw Colonel Gaddafi as the Libyan leader, so he should go into exile but not in Russia.

go into exile逃亡
例句：The capital will be captured soon, so the emperor has to go into exile. 
首都马上就要失守了, 皇帝只能蒙尘出逃了。

7. The Rwandan government has been accused of forcing people to exhume the bodies of relatives killed during the 1994 genocide for display at memorial sites.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He is accused of killing ten young women.
他被指控杀了十名年轻妇女。

8. "The bodies should be preserved properly so that they can be displayed in this way for a long time."

so that 以便
例句：I will give you all the facts so that you can judge for yourself.
我会给你所有的事实以便你可以自己判断。

9. But many of those being asked to dig up the remains of those they lost 17 years ago would prefer them to rest in peace.

dig up掘起, 找到
例句：An old coin was dug up in the garden.
在花园里挖出了一枚古硬币。
in peace平安地, 安静地
例句：He died in peace.
他平静地死去。

10. Italian troops make up the biggest element in the UN force in Lebanon, tasked with keeping the peace in the border region with Israel.

make up组成, 构成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。