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1. The company's chairman James Murdoch said the paper had been in the business of holding others to account but had failed when it came to itself. Here's Rob Watson.

in the business of职责是…；从事…
例句：Mr. Jones is in the business of selling cars.
琼斯先生从事汽车销售。

2. Britain had maintained that human rights laws did not apply to its troops based outside Europe.

apply to适用于
例句：The law applied to all persons.
这项法律适用于所有人。

3. Campaigners say the ruling paves the way for other Iraqis to seek redress in British courts.

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

4. I had burns because of the incident.

because of因为, 由于
例句：I came back because of the rain.
因为下雨, 所以我回来了。

5. A number of other officials, such as the speaker of parliament, the prime minister, his deputy and the governor of Sanaa, have also received treatment.

a number of一些
例句：A number of new products have been successfully trial-produced.
许多新产品已试制成功。
such as像, 例如
We dislike people such as him.
我们不喜欢像他这号人。

6. That gives the government just a few more weeks to reach a deal or face defaulting on its loans.

reach a deal达成交易
例句：That suspension is a sorry indictment of the politicians who failed to reach a deal.
多回合谈判的中止是由于政客们难以达成交易，这样的结果让人惋惜。
default on拖欠…
He defaulted on his payments for support of the child.
他拖欠孩子的抚养费。

7. There's speculation that the White House is hoping to draw support from Democrats and Republicans by agreeing to a bigger budget reduction - $4tn over the next 10 years.

draw from从…得到
例句：I think I can draw the things that I need from him.
我想我能从他那里得到我想要的东西。

8. The Egyptian authorities have charged 25 people in connection with an attack on protesters in Tahrir Square at the height of the Egyptian revolution earlier this year.

in connection with与…有关,连同
例句：He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

9. This mother of all bears may show that interbreeding, which had been thought to have threatened the species, may have actually played a key role in helping the polar bear to evolve.

play a role in在...起作用, 扮演角色
例句：Woman used to play a passive role in a marriage.
妇女过去在婚姻中常常扮演顺从被动的角色。