BBC news 2011-08-09 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Riots have broken out in London for a third consecutive day, this time in broad daylight.

break out突然发生, 爆发

例句：The Second World War broke out in September 1939.

第二次世界大战爆发于1939年9月。

2. Central Hackney, in the east, was cordoned off as youths armed with baseball bats smashed shop windows and hurled missiles at police officers.

cordon off用警戒线隔离[阻挡]

例句：The roads were cordoned off.

这些道路被封锁了。

3. Any hopes that the rioting in London was going to die down are fading by the hour.

die down变得越来越弱直到消失

例句：The excitement died down as time went by.

随着时间的推移, 激动的心情逐渐平静下来。

4. London's mayor Boris Johnson is cutting short his holiday, and the continued unrest will mean more calls for the Prime Minister David Cameron to do the same.

cut short突然停止

例句：The meeting was cut short when the chairman fell ill.

主席一生病, 会议就中断了。

5. The Acting Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, Tim Godwin, said he wanted the public to help put an end to the rioting.

put an end to结束,终止

例句：Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

人类必须消灭战争，否则战争将消灭人类。

6. There are far too many spectators who are getting in the way of the police operations to tackle criminal thuggery and burglary.

get in the way妨碍

例句：Her social life get in the way of her study.

她的社交生活妨碍了学业。

7. Local people said the three were members of a hardline Hutu rebel movement, the FNL, which laid down their arms in 2009.

lay down放下; 使躺下

例句：The enemy laid down their arms.

敌人放下武器投降。

8. A court in Turkey has ordered the detention of six generals and an admiral accused of attempting to undermine the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

accuse of指责, 控告

例句：We accused him of taking bribes.

我们控告他受贿。

9. They are all charged with setting up anti-government websites.

charge with指控…犯有罪

例句：I charge this man with receiving stolen goods.

我指控此人接受赃物。

set up建立, 创立, 竖立

例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.

很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

10. Nearly 200 are already on trial over a plot allegedly hatched eight years ago to foment chaos and to bring down Mr Erdogan's administration.

bring down击败…

例句：At the next vote, we must try to bring down the government.

下次选举时, 我们一定设法击败政府。