BBC news 2011-07-11 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Relations between the two countries have been increasingly strained since May when US troops went into Pakistan in secret and killed Osama Bin Laden.

go into进入
例句：They went into the hall together.
他们一道走进大厅。
in secret偷偷地, 暗地地
例句：Last night, we held a meeting in secret.
昨晚, 我们秘密地举行了一次会议。

2. Last week, a senior US official suggested Pakistan was involved in the killing of a journalist.

be involved in参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：The vast masses there have been involved in the health campaign.
那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动。

3. Washington may hope holding back aid is persuasive.

hold back阻碍, 阻止
例句：He was so impatient that I could hardly hold him back.
他是那样急躁, 我简直拉不住他。

4. The aid agency Oxfam has called on the Kenyan authorities to allow Somali drought victims into a camp inside Kenya but which is empty.

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

5. It's ready and waiting, complete with latrines and water supplies.

complete with包括, 配套有
例句：This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.
这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。

6. The head of the UNHCR, Antonio Guterres, is due to meet the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Monday to try to remove the obstacles.

be due to预定, 预期
例句：The boat is due to arrive at 12.
船预计在12点到。

7. The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has said Sudan could take up arms against the newly independent Republic of South Sudan over the disputed region of Abyei.

take up arms拿起武器
例句：The people were quick to take up arms to defend their homeland.
人民迅速拿起武器保卫自己的祖国。

8. They refused to comment on allegations of civilian deaths.

comment on就…发表看法〔评论〕
例句：The teacher often comments on how different the two boys are.
老师经常谈论那两个孩子的不同之处。

9. The United States accused the Syrian authorities of organising a protest, at which its embassy was pelted with eggs and tomatoes.

accuse of指责, 谴责; 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

10. The visit comes amid uncertainty over the remaining US troops in Iraq, who are scheduled to pull out by the end of this year.

pull out退出
例句：The invading troops are pulling out of the occupied area under international supervision.
入侵部队正在国际监督下撤出占领区。
by the end of到…为止
例句：He had finished his great works by the end of 1980.
到1980年底, 他已完成了他的巨著。

11. It's not yet clear why the boat sank. Russia's transport ministry has set up a commission to investigate the accident.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：A new government was set up after the war.
新政府于战后成立。

12. The explosions happened in the middle of the night, causing enough of the distraction for 20 prisoners to flee.

in the middle of在…的中间
例句：The table is in the middle of the room.
桌子在房间的中心。