BBC news 2011-07-13 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The motion has been put forward by the opposition Labour Party, whose leader is Ed Miliband.

put forward提出, 将…提前; 把...向前拨; 将钟拨快
例句：He put forward a plan for the committee to consider.
他提出一项计划交由全体委员审议。

2. The public would not think it credible that Rupert Murdoch's bid for BSkyB could go ahead while a criminal investigation is going on.

go ahead取得进展
例句：He's going ahead fast.
他进展很快。
go on进行; 发生; 继续做
例句：We could hardly have gone on without your help.
要是没有您的帮助, 我们很难取得进展。

3. That's why we are tabling a motion to call on Mr Murdoch to withdraw his bid for BSkyB.

call on号召; 要求, 请求
例句：The government called on the workers to oppose waste.
政府号召工人反对浪费。

4. A BBC political correspondent says government support for the motion will make it very hard for Mr Murdoch to continue with his plan to take over BSkyB, which is Britain's richest broadcaster.

continue with继续
例句：She did not continue with her explanation.
她没有继续解释下去。

5. They were reacting to fears that the economic problems in Greece could spread to larger economies.

react to对…作出反应〔评价, 应答〕
例句：A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.
狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护。

6. Italy is too big to bail out.

bail out跳伞；保释；舀出; 放弃；撒手不管；为减少损失而)退出
例句：Partners are bailing out of our company.
合伙人纷纷退出我们公司。

7. One of them is a selective default in Greece, meaning some bond holders, including banks and other private institutions, wouldn't get all their money back.

get back找回, 取回
例句：I haven't got back the book I lent him.
我还没有收回我借给他的那本书。

8. Students are packing up and joining thousands of other people fleeing the area, as Jonah Fisher reports.

pack up打包; 收拾; 停止工作, 停止运转; 聚集起来
例句：As business was slack she packed up early.
由于生意萧条她早早打烊了。

9. He was regarded as one of the country's most powerful men.

regard as把…认作
例句：We regard him as a nothing.
我们把他看作无足轻重的人。

10. During the day, demonstrators in Tahrir Square fought off an attack by plain-clothes thugs, an ominous echo of events during the revolution earlier this year.

fight off竭力摆脱〔驱走, 阻止, 回避…〕
例句：With the help of his gun and a bonfire, the hunter fought off two hungry tigers.
借助一把猎枪和一堆篝火, 猎人赶跑了两只饥饿的老虎。

11. The military have conceded for the first time that parliamentary elections due to be held in September might be delayed.

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

12. That in turn means the timetable for the presidential election and full handover to civilian rule could also be delayed.

in turn反过来
例句：All theories originate from practice and in turn serve practice. 
任何理论都来源于实践,反过来为实践服务。

13. Police in Guatemala have arrested two men in connection with the killing of the Argentine singer Facundo Cabral on Saturday. Facundo Cabral, one of Latin America's most respected folk singers, was being driven to the airport in Guatemala City when his car was ambushed.

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。