BBC news 2011-06-26 加文本

短语讲解：

1. A new study has found that the number of adults with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 and now stands at nearly 350 million, many more than previously thought.

stand at达到; 处于某种状态
例句：We stand at the portals of a new age.
我们处于新时代的开端。

2. Advanced statistical methods were then used to estimate the global prevalence of the disease.

be used to do被用来做…
例句：Cyanide is used to kill insects.
氰化物可用来杀害虫。

3. The Taliban have strongly denied that they were responsible for a suicide car bomb attack that destroyed a hospital in eastern Afghanistan.

be responsible for为…负责,形成…的原因
例句：Everyone should be responsible for his work
每个人都应对自己的工作负责。
suicide car bomb attack自杀式汽车炸弹袭击

4. The Taliban denied that they were to blame, saying they didn't attack civilians.

be to blame对某事应负责任的; 应受责备的
例句：She was in no way to blame.
绝不应该责备她。

5. The French authorities say an outbreak of E. coli in the city of Bordeaux appears to be linked to a charity event two weeks ago, at which soups were served sprinkled with rocket and mustard seed sprouts.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

6. Eight people who've fallen ill had attended a charity event there two weeks ago, at which they'd been served soups including a gazpacho that was sprinkled with rocket and mustard sprouts grown in pots.

fall ill生病
例句：He had the misfortune to fall ill on the day of the examination.
他很倒霉，在考试当天生病了。

7. Five of the patients admitted to hospital are now suffering severe kidney problems, two of them infected with a highly virulent strain, similar to the one that killed 40 people in Germany, though as yet, there's no evidence of a direct link between the two outbreaks.

admit to允许(某人)进入…
例句：He opened the door and admitted me to the house.
他把门打开让我进屋。
infect with把…传染给…
例句：The man has been infected with cholera.
这人已染上了霍乱。
similar to跟...类似,与...同样
例句：His problem is similar to yours.
他的问题和你的相似。

8. An official in Sri Lanka has appealed to families in the north to protect underage girls from sex traffickers.

appeal to向…呼吁; 向…请求;恳求
例句：The United Nations appealed to the people of the developed countries for aiding those of the backward countries.
联合国呼吁发达国家的人民援助落后国家的人民。

9. Poor families are particularly at risk. Ms Dissanayake of the National Child Protection Authority is urging parents to guard against strangers who offer their daughters' jobs, for example, as house maids.

guard against避免, 预防
例句：We must guard against accidents.
我们必须谨防事故。

10. Greater freedom of movement, she says, is making it easier for traffickers to gain access to the north, where many families lack education and are desperate for extra income.

be desperate for极渴望
例句：He's desperate for money.
他极渴望得到钱。

11. The party of a government minister in Zimbabwe who was arrested on Friday says it fears for his safety and has called on the authorities to release him.

fear for为某人〔某事物〕担心
例句：We feared for his safety.
我们担心他的安全。
call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

12 The minister Jameson Timba was detained on suspicion of undermining the authority of President Robert Mugabe.

on suspicion of有…嫌疑
例句：The boy was arrested on suspicion of theft.
这个男孩因偷窃嫌疑而被捕。

13. Without giving further details of the president's condition, the Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro told local journalists the battle President Chavez is fighting for his health has to be "the battle of everyone, the battle for life, for the immediate future of our country".

fight for为…而战斗〔竞争〕
例句：They fight for defend the county.
他们为保卫祖国而战斗。