BBC news 2011-06-18 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Official media said a number of policemen had been shot and one had died.

a number of一些
例句：A great number of problems have arisen.
出现了许多问题。

2. Much of the worst violence took place in the city of Homs, with film of it posted on a social media website.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

3. "I came here because of the violence," she said, "because of the army."

because of 因为, 由于
例句：She is here because of me.
她是因为我而到这里来的。

4. The heirs to Argentina's main media group have agreed to DNA tests to establish whether they really are the children of left-wing prisoners killed by the armed forces in the 1970s.

agree to同意, 赞成, 同意照办
例句：He did not agree to Eason taking up the job.
他不赞成伊森承担这项工作。

5. Marcela and Felipe Noble Herrera, the adopted children of the owner of the Clarin group, are abiding by a court ruling that they give DNA samples to a national database.

abide by接受, 承担
例句：You must abide by the results of your mistakes.
你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。

6. They'll then be compared with DNA from people who disappeared or were killed under military rule.

compare with (把…)与…相比
例句：Compare the copy with the original.
把这副本与正本比较一下。

7. Financial markets appear to have settled a little after the German Chancellor Angela Merkel softened her position on moves to prop up the Greek economy.

prop up支持, 资助
例句：The government props up the prices of farm products to support farmers' incomes.
政府保持农产品价格不变以保障农民们的收入。

8. Chancellor Merkel's acceptance that any private sector contribution should be voluntary means there's slightly less danger of that drama turning to financial tragedy.

turn to (使)变成
例句：Water turns to ice at 0℃.
水在零摄氏度时变成冰。

9. The International Monetary Fund says it's more worried about the state of the world's economy than it was two months ago.

be worried about为…忧虑, 为…而担心
例句：We are worried about this exam.
我们对这次考试感到担心。

10. When police in Madrid began investigating Hussein Salem, they discovered large sums of money transferred to Spanish bank accounts - funds they believe were acquired illegally in Egypt.

a large sum of一大笔, 大量的
例句：He earned a large sum of money.
他赚了一大笔钱。

11. In Egypt, Hussein Salem is accused of large-scale corruption in the sale of gas and of donating luxurious villas to Hosni Mubarak and his family in return for land.

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。
in return for作为…的交换, 作为…的报答
例句：He gave her some roses in return for her kindness. 
他送了她一些玫瑰以答谢她的好意。 

12. Researchers in Britain who are trying to find a cure for Parkinson's disease are creating a bank of artificially-grown brain cells from patients suffering from the illness.

suffer from患(某种病); 受(某种病痛)折磨
例句：You must have suffered from a cold.
你一定是感冒了。

13. The aim is to build up a brain bank, enabling researchers to study how Parkinson's develops and to test new drugs.

build up逐步建设；逐步建立；逐步形成
例句：They came to this country and built up the family business.
他们来到这个国家，逐步建立了这份家业。