BBC news 2011-05-29 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Taliban says it carried out the attack, making him the most senior casualty of the Taliban spring offensive.

carry out执行; 贯彻
例句：You must carry out my orders.
你必须执行我的命令。

2. The suicide bomber was wearing a police uniform and waiting in a corridor as General Daud and others emerged from a meeting.

suicide bomber自杀式炸弹
emerge from由(水中、液体)中现出，浮现，呈现，露出，从(建筑物等)中出来
例句：A ragged man emerged from behind the tree.
一个衣衫褴褛的男人从树后面走出来。

3. He was seen as an effective leader at a time when Afghan forces are starting to take over the lead role in security from Nato.

take over接管; 接替
例句：The strikers took over the factories.
罢工工人接管了工厂。

4. A court in Egypt has imposed a fine of $90m on the ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former senior officials for cutting off mobile and Internet services during the anti-government protests in January.

cut off切断，截断；停止
例句：Our water supply has been cut off again.
我们的供水又被切断。

5. Speaking in the Polish capital Warsaw, Mr Obama assured Polish leaders that an improved relationship between the United States and Russia wouldn't come at their expense.

at one's expense 由某人付费
例句：I got the new car at my father's expense. 
我用我爸爸的钱买了这辆新车。

6. Police in Russia have arrested more than 40 people after violence broke out at an unauthorised rally of gay rights activists in the capital Moscow.

break out突然发生, 爆发
例句：Something unexpected always breaks out in this area.
在这一地区总有意想不到的事情发生。

7. One anti-gay campaigner said that God had burned down

burn down把…烧成平地，烧毁，烧光
例句：The old building burned down as crowds watched helplessly.
在人群无助地观望中那座旧建筑物烧毁了。

8. The demonstrations come a day before the centre-right coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to discuss the date when Germany's nuclear reactors will finally be shut down.

be due to do 预计将做…
例句：The boat is due to arrive at 12.
船预计在12点到。
shut down完全关闭，倒闭，停止运转
例句：The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
那商店因生意萧条而停业。

9. Reports from Inner Mongolia say the authorities have shut down Internet chat rooms, used armed police to seal off some schools and universities and put up security cordons near government buildings.

seal off把…封锁起来
例句：The enemy made a desperate attempt to seal off the gap through which we had burst.
敌人拼命想堵住我们已经冲开的那个突破口。
put up建立; 竖起
例句：I want to put up a fence between our property and our neighbor's.
我要在我们和邻居的地产之间修道篱笆。
security cordon 安全警戒线