BBC news 2011-08-04 加文本

短语讲解：

1. As the Syrian army tightens its grip on the embattled city of Hama, the Security Council issued a statement accusing President Bashar al-Assad's administration of widespread human rights violations.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：She accused the official of corruption.
她指控这位官员腐败。

2. It's not a full UN resolution with the weight of international law; it's what's called a presidential statement which is less binding, but it does reflect the view of the council that did bring on heavyweights like China and especially Russia, which had been very strongly opposed as a very strong ally of Syria.

bring on呈现…; 使出现
例句：The waiter brought on the next dish.
侍者端上了下一道菜。

3. I think. It's the first time there's a condemnation from the international community rather than, say, just the West of what it's doing, and its allies, such as Russia, have added their voice to it.

rather than而不是
例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。
such as像, 例如
例句：We dislike people such as him.
我们不喜欢像他这号人。

4. Mr Mubarak, who's 83 and has complained of poor health, remained on a stretcher throughout the proceedings inside a cage in the dock.

complain of抱怨, 诉苦
例句：He complained of being underpaid.
他抱怨工资太低。

5. Outside the court, a lively crowd of opposition supporters gathered early to call for revenge against their former president, clashing with hundreds of riot police.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。
例句：clash with与(某人或某事)抵触, 冲突
Brougher clashed frequently with Browder.
布鲁尔和布劳德经常发生冲突。

6. Then the crowd watched almost in disbelief on a big TV screen as the accused were brought into the dock.

bring into把…拿入, 带入(某处); 使达到…
例句：The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow.
新法律于明日午夜生效。

7. The announcement brings the number of areas of Somalia suffering from famine to five.

suffer from因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：She often suffers from headaches.
她常常头痛。

8. His comments come amid renewed concerns about the eurozone debt crisis.

concern about使(自己)关心…
例句：There is no need for you to concern yourself about where I was last night.
你没必要关心我昨晚在哪儿。

9. Utilising sophisticated techniques in an attempt to avoid law enforcement detection, Dreamboard's members allegedly traded graphic images and videos of adults molesting young children, often violently, and created a massive private library of images of child sexual abuse.

in an attempt to力图,试图
例句：He studied hard in an attempt to pass the exam
他努力学习试图通过考试。

10. The site, which has now been dismantled, was used by 600 paedophiles worldwide, and the investigation has also led to arrests in 13 other countries.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。