BBC news 2011-06-15 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The northern military has launched fresh air strikes against groups that are allying to the country's south, which is due to become independent next month.

be due to 预计，预期
例句：My passport is due to expire.
我的护照要到期了。

2. The US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says America's creditworthiness is at risk if the country's borrowing limit is not raised.

at risk有危险
例句：The disease is spreading, and all children under five are at risk.
这疾病在蔓延, 五岁以下的小孩都有危险。

3. He's urging Republican members of Congress to vote in favour of increasing it well before a deadline in August. Here's Mark Gregory.

in favour of赞成...;支持...;有利于...
例句：I am in favour of the suggestion.
我赞同这个建议。

4. His widow Aleida March said she'd decided to publish the unedited writings, Diary of a Combatant, so that readers could get to know him just as he was.

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。
get to know认识, 了解
例句：The best way to get to know it is to listen to it.
了解西洋音乐的最好办法就是听。

5. The military campaign has led to thousands of people fleeing across the border to Turkey.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：Earthquake can lead to psychological problems.
地震可以引发心理问题。

6. The Eritrean volcano, which sprung into life on Sunday, sending a huge ash cloud 13km into the atmosphere, has continued to disrupt air travel across the region.

spring into life权利开始生效，发挥作用
例句：The volcano sprung into life yesterday.
那座火上昨天喷发。

7. The instruction was blunt enough: win or lose your job. The club's president Ramzan Kadyrov, who has developed a fearsome reputation as leader of Chechnya, had gone public with the extraordinary ultimatum.

go public with公之于世
例句：He threatened to go public with the slander.
他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。

8. The two-time World Player of the Year and an international celebrity was accused of being distracted by bars and discos.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。

9. Mr Huntsman, who's also served as the governor of Utah, said he would formally enter the race in a week's time.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

10. Correspondents say his economic policies should appeal to the party's conservative supporters, but that elsewhere, he's seen as a moderate.

appeal to向…呼吁; 向…请求;恳求
例句：He earnestly appealed to his friends for support.
他恳切地向朋友请求支持。