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BBC news 2011-08-01 加文本
短语讲解:
1. His comments came at the end of one of the bloodiest days since the uprising began in mid-March.
at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句:The audience clapped at the end of the play .
剧终时观众鼓掌。
2. He accused President Bashar al-Assad of using torture and terror against his own people, and such actions would ensure he'd be left on the wrong side of history.
accuse of指责, 控告
例句:We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。
3. In recent weeks, Washington has hardened its tone against President Assad, but so far it's avoided any explicit call for him to hand over power.
hand over交出,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。
4. The crisis has been caused because the Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, insist that the debt ceiling should not be raised without dealing with the national debt.
deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句:There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。
5. Even if the president and the leaders of both parties can agree, it doesn't mean they can sell a deal to their troops.
even if即使, 纵然
例句:I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.
即使要失败十次, 我也绝不灰心。
6. The suspect, who's better known as El Diego, is accused of being the leader of the La Linea gang, whose members work as hired killers for the Juarez cartel.
work as任…职, 当…
例句:It must be a hard life, working as a nurse in a backward country.
在落后的国家当一名护士, 生活必定是艰苦的。
7. They said they had crossed the Iranian border by mistake while hiking in neighbouring Iraq.
by mistake错误地
例句:She put salt into her tea by mistake.
她误把盐放进茶里去了。
8. But many are unhappy about what they regard as the repressive rule of B.
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。
9. The statement comes after considerable criticism of the continent's leaders in the African media for failing to help.
fail to未能…
例句:He failed to pass the examination through carelessness.
由于粗心, 他考试没及格。
10. Prototypes, tested on hundreds of patients in Rwanda looking for infections like HIV and syphilis, returned almost 100% accuracy.
look for寻找(某人或某物)
例句:Some birds are looking for food.
有些鸟在寻找食物。