BBC news 2011-08-07 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The White House has called on US politicians from both parties to work together to tackle the country's fiscal and economic problems.

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。

2. The fact that you had a debt ceiling agreement that resulted in the government not reaching an agreement until 10 hours before they had a cash management programme, I mean, this is not how most highly-rated governments run themselves.

result in引起, 导致; 以…为结局
例句：The quarrel resulted in his mother leaving the house.
争吵导致了他母亲离家出走。

3. The BBC Washington correspondent says the White House has implicitly blamed the Republicans for the downgrade as they blocked President Obama's efforts to cut the US deficit.

blame for因…怪罪, 责怪(某人)
例句：The conductor is blamed for the accident.
售票员因此次意外事故而受到指责。

4. If the Israeli government was hoping this extraordinary movement of middle-class protesters was losing momentum and direction, the message from the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities across the country is that they are not giving up.

give up放弃; 认输
例句：The girl gave up halfway.
这女孩中途放弃。

5. The helicopter, carrying US special forces, was involved in an anti-terrorism operation in Wardak province.

be involved in卷入，陷入
例句：He was involved in this holdup.
他卷入了这次抢劫案。

6. Local authorities in China are reported to have pulled down a monument to Japanese settlers that provoked attacks by nationalists and outrage on the Internet. The stone memorial was put up near the northeastern city of Harbin last month.

pull down毁坏, 拆毁
例句：The old building has been pulled down.
那座老建筑物已被拆毁。
put up建立; 竖起
例句：I want to put up a fence between our property and our neighbor's.
我要在我们和邻居的地产之间修道篱笆。

7. The five men who carried out the attack were arrested but then quickly released.

carry out实行，执行；实现，完成
例句：They carried out their plan without difficulty.
他们顺利地完成了计划。

8. Mr Graner was convicted of leading his six-member team in the sexual humiliation of naked prisoners.

convict of宣判(某人)犯有(某罪)
例句：The criminal was convicted of murder.
罪犯被判决犯有谋杀罪。

9. The Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed hailed it as a victory, but al-Shabab described the move as a tactical withdrawal.

describe as描述为
例句：His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。

10. It's the closest they've got to the capital so far.

so far到目前为止；迄今为止；到这点为止
例句：So far, so good.
到目前为止, 一切顺利。