BBC news 2011-05-31 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Fifa president Sepp Blatter has denied that world football is in crisis.

in crisis 处于危机中
例句：My love is still in crisis.
我的爱情还处在危机。

2. At a news conference in Zurich, he acknowledged that Fifa was in difficulties but insisted it could solve its problems by itself.

in difficulty 处于困境, 在困难中
例句：When you are in difficulty, you may ask for her help.
你有困难时, 可以找她帮忙。

3. He was speaking for the first time since two senior executives were suspended as inquiries continue into bribery allegations.

for the first time第一次
例句：The astronauts landed on the moon for the first time.
宇宙飞行员第一次登上月球。

4. When you have seen the match, the final match of the Champions League, then you must applaud, and you see what the game is, what is fair play on the game, what is good control of the game.

fair play公平比赛
例句：There must be fair play in this competition.
这次竞赛必须公平合理。

5. A previous ceasefire proposal made by the African Union last month was rejected by Libyan rebels and Nato because it didn't call for Colonel Gaddafi to leave power.

call for要求，需要，提倡
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

6. But just hours after arriving, he was on his way back to the airport, without making any statement, and there's been no word of any progress.

on one’s way to在去往…的路上
例句：Mr.Sharp will come to Paris on his way back to England. 
夏普先生在回英国的途中来巴黎。

7. But today, he told reporters he didn't want to make a public comment in the presence of his children, the grandson and granddaughter of Ratko Mladic, who visited the war crimes suspect in custody for the first time.

in the presence of在…面前, 在…在场的情况下
例句：She showed constraint in the presence of the strangers.
她在陌生人面前显得很拘束。

8. It's a way of buying a little more time for his client, who he claims is too sick to be transferred to the international tribunal to stand trial for genocide and other war crimes.

stand trial受审
例句：The case has been postponed, and she may not stand trial until November.
该案延期审理，她可能要到11月才受审。

9. Earlier, ICC officials arrived in Nairobi to discuss a witness protection programme for the case against six senior Kenyans accused of organising the violence.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：They accused the police of brutality.
他们谴责警察的野蛮行为。

10. He is understood to be wary of high-tech projections of future military needs.

be wary of提防, 留神, 小心
例句：He is wary of strangers.
他提防生人。