BBC news 2011-06-29 加文本

短语讲解：

1. One of the top hotels in the Afghan capital Kabul, the Intercontinental, has come under attack
.
come under归人，受到
例句：That problem will also come under discussion.
那个问题也是要讨论的。

2. The British Chancellor George Osborne says he's delighted at Christine Lagarde's appointment.

be delighted at为某事而高兴
例句：I’m delighted at your success.
我为你的成功感到高兴。

3. And at the moment, there are lots of countries with problems because they can't pay their debts, so the world is, I think, going to be well served by having Christine Lagarde at the head of the IMF.

at the moment此刻, 现在, 目前, 当时
例句：The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.
警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。

4. In her first statement after being appointed, Christine Lagarde has called on the opposition in Greece to back the Greek government's tough austerity plan.

call on叫, 号召
例句：The government called on the workers to oppose waste.
政府号召工人反对浪费。

5. Our Europe editor Gavin Hewitt has been at the scene of the day's events.

at the scene在出事地点，在现场
例句：People gathered at the scene of the accident.
人们聚集在事故现场。

6. The unions had called a 48-hour general strike.

general strike全国性罢工
例句：They opposed the government by staging a general strike.
他们举行全国性罢工反对政府。

7. Satellite trucks were attacked and set on fire.

set on fire使燃烧
例句：Some sparks from a passing train set the haystack on fire.
一列过往火车迸发出的一些火花点着了干草堆。

8. One of them landed around us and in the face of a BBC camera.

in the face of面对
例句：We should compose ourselves in the face of fear.
我们在危险时要保持镇静。

9. He described the events as an attempted coup.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

10. A piece of flying debris has narrowly missed the International Space Station, forcing six members of the crew to rush to their rescue shuttle and prepare for an emergency evacuation back to Earth.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：We should prepare well for the negotiations.
我们应该为这次谈判做好准备。

11. Normally, mission control can move the station out of the way, but today's alert was raised too late for such a manoeuvre. Instead, the astronauts were ordered into two Soyuz space capsules that are attached to the station as lifeboats.

be attached to附属于,喜爱
例句：The flag is attached to a pole .
这面旗系在一根旗竿上。