BBC news 2011-06-19 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Suicide bombers in the Afghan capital Kabul have attacked a police station close to the presidential palace.

police station警察局
close to离…近
例句：His house is close to mine.
他的房子靠近我家。

2. The national police managed to kill the terrorists very quickly and cleared the area, and have prevented them from inflicting further harm on civilians.

manage to达成,设法
例句：I manage to dodge some sharp questions.
我设法避开尖锐的问题。
prevent from 阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。
inflict on (将…)强加于…
例句：The hurricane inflicted severe damage on the island.
飓风给这个岛造成了严重的损失。

3. The attack came soon after President Hamid Karzai gave the first high-level official confirmation that the United States is taking part in talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：Joe took an active part in the struggle.
乔积极参加斗争。

4. Libyan rebels have accused the West of failing to deliver urgent financial aid and say they've run out of cash.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：She accused the official of corruption.
她指控这位官员腐败。
financial aid财政援助
run out of用完，耗尽
例句：The printer has run out of paper.
打印机没纸了。

5. Mr Tarhouni emphasised that the rebels have been dying for their cause, and he was adamant that whatever the setbacks, they would never give up.

die for为…而献身
例句：Many religious people would die for their beliefs.
许多教徒都愿为他们的信仰而献身。
give up放弃;投降
例句：She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。

6. The men were put on trial behind closed doors at the same airport at which they landed last month, carrying millions of dollars in ransom.

put on trial 使接受审讯
例句：She was put on trial for fraud.
她因涉及诈骗罪而受审。

7. It's not clear why this group of men fell foul of the authorities.

fall foul of与…冲突〔不一致〕
例句：By parking your car here, you could fall foul of the law.
你把汽车停在这里可能是违法的。

8. The interior minister has been negotiating with a group of armed prisoners in an effort to persuade them to surrender.

in an effort to为了完成∕达成…
例句：They rebuilt the cinemas in an effort to reach out to the young people.
他们重建了电影院，试图吸引青年人。

9. The Sri Lankan justice ministry has received a summons for President Rajapaksa issued by a United States federal court in connection with three cases filed under the Hague Convention.

in connection with与…有关,连同
例句：Tell me all you know in connection with that matter
把你知道的关于那件事的所有情况都告诉我。

10. The lawyer says, instead of giving her access to her client Urinboy Usmonov, the Tajik authorities have granted interviews with him to local journalists.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：We went to the Biology class instead of attending the English lesson.
我们去上生物课而不去上英语课。
例句：access to有权使用；到某地的通道
Students need easy access to books.学生需要得到借书的便利。

11. The Vatican is inviting 200 Roman Catholic bishops from around the world to a conference to draw up guidelines for tackling child sex abuse by priests.

draw up草拟, 拟订
例句：Has your lawyer drawn up the contract yet?
你的律师把契约写好了没有?

12. Two months ago, the Vatican instructed bishops that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests.

root out彻底根除
例句：Bridges over railroad tracks root danger out in crossing.
铁轨上空的天桥排除了穿行中的危险。

13. The Vatican official in charge of prosecuting priest abuses under church law, Monsignor Charles Scicluna, admitted however that some bishops' conferences have shown little interest in drafting new guidelines.

in charge of主管，负责
例句：The cook is in charge of the kitchen helper.
这位厨师负责管理厨工。

14. Efforts by President Obama and his Republican rivals in Congress to resolve the government's debt problems have been played out in an unusual venue, a golf course near Washington.

play out进行到底; 演完, 做完
例句：Shall we call it a draw, or play it out?
我们是算平局呢还是继续比赛决出胜负?