BBC news 2011-07-01 加文本

短语讲解：

1. A member of Saad Hariri's Future Movement party, Atef Majdalani, welcomed the action taken by the UN tribunal.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

2. We consider the release of the indictment today is part of our martyrs' rights, and this indictment is the first step towards establishing the truth and achieving justice in order to bring stability to Lebanon.

in order to为了…
例句：He was going for a scholarship in order to go abroad. 
为了出国，他准备争取奖学金。 

3. One of two French hostages set free on Wednesday by the Taliban in Afghanistan has told the BBC he believed that a deal had been arranged in exchange for their liberty and that of their Afghan interpreter.

set free释放
例句：The prisoner was set free.
那名囚犯获释了。
in exchange for交换
例句：Tom gave Helen an apple in exchange for a piece of cake.
汤姆用一个苹果与海伦换一块蛋糕。

4. The Afghan government in Kabul denied that any prisoner exchange had taken place.

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

5. France earlier denied that any ransom was paid for its journalists.

pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

6. The former hostage, television reporter Herve Ghesquiere, told the BBC why he'd come to this conclusion.

come to到达; 达成
例句：After much talk they came to an agreement.
经过多次商谈, 他们达成了协议。

7. The European Union said Greece had now met the conditions to receive the latest tranche of last year's bailout loan and paved the way for a second assistance package.

pave the way for为…铺平道路;为…铺平道路,为…做好准备
例句：Their economic policy pave the way for industrial expansion.
他们的经济政策为工业发展铺平了道路。

8. He said the committee set up to discuss the conflict was considering all possible options in favour of a political solution.

set up准备; 安排
例句：All the arrangements have been set up for the newspapermen to meet the Queen.
新闻记者谒见女王的所有安排已经就绪。
in favour of支持，赞成
例句：Everyone in the class voted in favour of the party.
班上每个人都投票赞成举办晚会。

9. Concrete measures, he said, must be taken to better take care of young people's needs.

take care of照顾
例句：They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。

10. The Office for National Statistics says the main reason population is rising faster than at any time since Harold Wilson was prime minister is the sheer number of babies being born, an additional 370 extra every day, compared to eight years before.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

11. The newly married British Prince William and his wife Kate have arrived in Canada at the start of their first official overseas visit.

arrive in抵达, 到达
例句：The steamer arrived in harbor last night.
汽船是昨晚进港的。