BBC news 2011-07-14 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Three bombs have gone off in India's main commercial city Mumbai, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100.

go off爆炸；(枪炮等)被发射；突然发出响声
例句：He fired but his pistol failed to go off.
他扳动了扳机，但手枪没有发射。

2. The bombs went off at a busy time of day - 7:00pm in the evening rush hour - at three very busy locations here in Mumbai.

rush hour高峰时间
例句：I hate driving in the rush hour
我讨厌在交通高峰时间开车。

3. Witnesses there described seeing bus-stops, shop fronts and vehicles blown apart by the force.

blow apart分开，分裂
例句：That jerry-built cabin will blow apart in a strong wind.
那间草草建起的小屋一阵强风就会被吹走的。

4. Another explosion was in the busy jewellery district in the south of the city, which is usually crammed with shoppers and traders.

be crammed with塞满,填满
例句：The box was crammed with letters.
信箱里塞满了信件。

5. Mumbai has seen a number of bombings in recent years, including coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists in 2008, in which more than 150 people died.

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。

6. Rupert Murdoch's media group News Corp has withdrawn its controversial bid for a full takeover of the British broadcaster BSkyB.

bid for争取达到(某个目标)
例句：The climbers are determined to bid for the highest mountain in the world.
这些登山运动员决心登上世界最高峰。

7. Allegations of phone hacking have enraged public opinion and led to the closure of the most compromised Murdoch newspaper, the News of the World.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：In given conditions, a bad thing can lead to good results.
在一定条件下, 一件坏事可以导致好的结果。

8. The news came just two hours after the British Prime Minister David Cameron gave his own damning response to the scandal, calling on Rupert Murdoch to stop thinking about the bid to buy out BSkyB and focus instead on putting his own house in order.

call on要求, 请求, 号召
例句：The government called on the workers to oppose waste.
政府号召工人反对浪费。
buy out买下…的全部股份
例句：Large companies can easily buy out the shareholders of small companies.
大公司可以很轻易地买下小分司的全部股份。

9. The Egyptian government says more than 600 senior police officers are being removed from their jobs. Their dismissal has been a key demand of protesters, who believe the officers were involved in the killing of hundreds of people during the uprising against Hosni Mubarak earlier this year.

remove from将(某人)撤〔免〕职
例句：They removed him from his position.
他们撤销了他的职务。
be involved in卷入，陷入
例句：He is involved in the scandal.
他卷进了那个丑闻。

10. With protests in Tahrir Square being stepped up daily, the interior ministry has announced a major purge of officers.

step up (使)增加, (使)加快速度
例句：The tempo has been stepped up.
速度一点点地加快起来了。

11. The Justice Minister Tarek El Aissami said that more than 800 inmates of the El Rodeo prison had given up their weapons.

give up放弃;投降，交出; 自首
例句：We had to give up the castle to the enemy.
我们只得把城堡拱手让给了敌人。

12. But many look to the future with apprehension because in the past few weeks, the two sides have come closer to war than at any time in the past five years over the disputed region of Abyei.

look to朝(某物)看去; 面对〔面朝〕(某物)
例句：The front of the house looks to the sea. It gets a beautiful view.
这座房子面朝大海, 可以看到很美的景观。