BBC news 2011-07-12 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The media empire of the tycoon Rupert Murdoch is under growing pressure after a day of further revelations in Britain about the behaviour of its journalists.

under pressure在压力下
例句：He works well under pressure.
他在有压力的情况下工作很出色。

2. It's alleged private medical records relating to his family were accessed by the Sun newspaper in 2006.

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：His remarks didn't relate to the topic under discussion.
他说的话与讨论的问题无关。

3. There are also claims that Sunday Times pretended to be Mr Brown in order to get details from his bank.

in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

4. The British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told parliament that Mr Murdoch's bid to take over Britain's richest broadcaster BSkyB will be referred to the competition authorities.

take over接管; 接替
例句：The strikers took over the factories.
罢工工人接管了工厂。
refer to提交…作处理〔决定〕
例句：He referred the case to the High Court.
他把案子提交给高级法庭处理。

5. Rupert Murdoch is now in town in London, seeking to sort things out.

sort out整顿, 解决
例句：That school was sorted out in a matter of two months.
那所学校仅用了两个月的时间就整顿好了。

6. The US embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus has been attacked by crowds loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Owen Bennett-Jones reports.

loyal to忠于
例句：We are loyal to our motherland.
我们忠于祖国。

7. No personnel were injured. The official said that the Syrian government had given assurances that it would provide protection but was slow in responding to the incident.

respond to对…作出反应; 对…有某种反应〔感觉, 表现〕
例句：The teacher responded affirmatively to the question that student put forward.
老师对那个学生的问题作了肯定的回答。

8. The French embassy also came under attack.

under attack受到攻击
例句：The village came under attack last night.
村庄昨夜遭到了袭击。

9. Rebel commanders in Misrata have for weeks been urging Nato to carry out more air strikes, saying that their lack of action has been costing lives.

carry out进行; 执行; 贯彻
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。
lack of缺乏
The lack of rain aggravated the already serious lack of food. 
缺少雨水加重了业已严重的食物缺乏。

10. The blasts at a Greek Cypriot naval base were blamed on a bush fire igniting containers of explosives that had been confiscated from a ship in 2009.

blame on把责任推给…
例句：They blamed the failure on John.
他们把失败的责任推给约翰。

11. The government as a whole will now come under intense pressure to explain why a vast consignment of explosives from a ship impounded en route to Syria from Iran has been left untouched for two years
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as a whole整体来看
例句：We must consider these matters as a whole.
我们必须从整体上考虑这些事情。
en route在途中
例句：We stop for lunch en route to the coast.
我们在去海边的途中停下来吃午饭。

12. The middle-ranking commander Thomas Kwoyelo is being charged with 53 counts, including wilful killing and hostage-taking.

be charged with承担,被控告
例句：This defendant is charged with murder.
这名被告被控犯有谋杀罪。

13. Mr Kwoyelo is accused of leading raids on villages between 1992 and 2005, killing and abducting civilians.

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