BBC news 2011-07-07 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The paper, the News of the World, is accused of hacking into the phone messages of murder victims or their relatives.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。

2. The British Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament that he backed calls for a public inquiry into the allegations, which he described as "disgusting". Here's Rob Watson.

describe as描述为, 说成是
例句：His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。

3. In her first public remarks as IMF boss, she stressed the global nature of the challenges she faces, referring to the uneven nature of the recovery from the recent global recession.

refer to提及；涉及，谈到，提到；关系到
例句：Don't refer to the matter again.
不要再提这件事了。

4. It's the latest prosecution in the so-called "false positive" scandal, where security forces are believed to have killed civilians and then passed them off as guerrillas in order falsely to inflate their success rates.

pass off冒充; 假装为
例句：He passed his wife off as a famous film star.
他让妻子冒充一个著名的电影明星。
in order to为了…
例句：In order to catch up with in time he run very fast. 
为了及时赶到他跑得很快。 

5. Investigators were called in and determined that the four men had been murdered, then dressed in guerrilla uniforms.

call in找〔请〕来
例句：A lawyer is often called in to write a will.
律师常被请来写遗嘱。
dress in穿着…衣服
例句：We must be dressed in uniform at school.
在学校我们必须穿制服。

6. Major Nidal Hasan, a US army psychiatrist, is accused of entering a medical building in Fort Hood in Texas in November 2009 and opening fire with an automatic weapon.

open fire 开火
例句：The commander gave orders to open fire.
指挥官下令开火。

7. Al-Shabab forced out aid agencies in 2009, accusing them of being anti-Muslim.

force out 把…赶走, 挤掉; 迫使离开, 屈服
例句：Competition has forced out many small firms.
竞争挤垮了许多小公司。

8. The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, says his social networking site is linking up with Skype so that users can chat by video while they are on their Facebook page.

link up with (使)与…衔接
例句：There the irrigation canal links up with the reservoir.
这条灌溉渠在那里与水库连接起来。

9. This latest device is likely to face competition from Google, which introduced its own social networking feature, Google+, just a week ago.

be likely to可能; 倾向于; 很可能
例句：Prices are likely to steady.
价格可能会稳定下来。

10. But integrating Skype into Facebook could, say experts, be good for another big multinational player in the IT world, Microsoft.

be good for对…有好处
例句：The Olympics will be good for business.
奥运会的召开对促进商业发展有好处。

11. The South Korean county of Pyeongchang has been chosen to host the Winter Olympics in 2018, beating off bids from more established venues in Germany and France.

beat off击退, 打退
例句：We beat their heads off at an English competition.
在英语竞赛中我们打败了其他人。