BBC news 2011-07-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has told a British parliamentary committee that he was not responsible for the phone-hacking scandal at one of his newspapers, the now defunct News of the World.

be responsible for为…负责,形成…的原因
例句：He should be responsible for that.
他应该对此事负有责任。

2. He said he may have lost sight of what was happening there but the paper had represented less than 1% of his worldwide business.

lose sight of忽视; 忘记; 看不见; 失去联系
例句：We must not lose sight of this fact.
我们一定不要忽略这个事实。

3. Apologising cannot take back what has happened.

take back 收回
例句：I take back what I just said.
我收回我刚才说的话。

4. And I intend to work tirelessly to merit their forgiveness.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...
例句：I intend to find a new job.我打算找份新工作。

5. There are News Corporation investors who believe that at the age of 80, it might now be time for Rupert Murdoch to hand over the executive reins of the global media empire he created, and his performance today probably won't dissuade them that the moment may have come.

at the age of在…岁时
例句：He was a middle school student at the age of 14.
他14岁时是个中学生。
hand over交出; 交给; 让与, 移交
例句：He has resigned and will hand over charge of his office today.
他已辞职, 将在今日办移交手续。

6. Assistant Commissioner John Yates said he could confidently predict that only a very small number of police officers would be jailed as a result of investigations into alleged illegal payments by journalists.

as a result of由于…的结果
例句：He was injured as a result of boiler explosion.
他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。

7. Multiple sources say the UN will announce on Wednesday that conditions have deteriorated to such an extent that famine has returned to the region for the first time in 19 years.

for the first time第一次
例句：They tasted defeat for the first time.
他们第一次体验到失败的滋味。

8. The IMF said decisive action was critical to prevent the financial problems in countries, such as Greece, from spreading to major European economies.

such as像, 例如
例句：We dislike people such as him.
我们不喜欢像他这号人。

9. Europe [has] been wrangling inconclusively for weeks about whether banks should help with a second bailout of Greece. T

help with 帮助(某人)做…
例句：She helped me with the translation.
她帮我翻译。

10. The IMF also says countries should press ahead with reducing their borrowing needs, and that Europe should increase the size of its rescue loan facility.

press ahead with加紧努力
例句：We must press ahead with our efforts to reach an agreement.
我们要加紧努力，设法达成协议。