BBC news 2011-07-27 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Earlier, the lawyer for the man who's admitted carrying out the attacks, Anders Behring Breivik, expressed doubts about his client's mental health.

carry out贯彻，执行；实现
例句：If you make a promise, it should be carried out.
你许了诺言, 就一定要兑现。

2. He said his client regarded himself as taking part in a war.

regard as把…认作
例句：We regard him as a fool.
我们认为他是个傻瓜。
take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：Joe took an active part in the struggle.
乔积极参加斗争。

3. Breivik is now likely to be charged with an offence related to terrorism, which will enable the court to impose a longer sentence than the current maximum for murder.

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

4. According to Morocco's official news agency, the MAP, the plane was carrying 81 people and only three have survived.

according to据（…所说）；按（…所报道）
例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。

5. Some of the soldiers on board were due to meet King Mohammed this Saturday to celebrate his 12th year as king.

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

6. The report comes a week before he's due to stand trial, accused of ordering the killing of protesters. From Cairo, Jon Leyne.

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

7. They believe the authorities are just trying to avoid him going on trial as scheduled next week.

as scheduled按照预定时间
例句：The plane took off at 2: 30 as scheduled.
飞机按原定时间于两点半起飞。

8. There are long queues at petrol stations, and Libyan oil experts say fuel stocks could run out in two weeks' time.

run out用完, 耗尽
例句：Our food soon ran out.
我们的粮食很快就吃完了。

9. The Colombian salsa star Joe Arroyo has died at the age of 55 after being in hospital for nearly a month with lung and kidney problems.

at the age of在…岁时
例句：He became a doctor at the age of 27.
他27岁时成了一名医生。

10. Arroyo, who's most famous for the hit La Rebelion, began singing in brothels in the Caribbean city of Cartagena at the age of eight.

be famous for因…而著名
例句：Shef-field is famous for its cutlery.
谢菲尔德以餐具闻名。