BBC news 2011-08-10 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Several hundred youths are reported to have clashed with riot police in central Manchester, where a large store has been set on fire.

clashed with与(某人或某事)抵触, 冲突
例句：Brougher clashed frequently with Browder.
布鲁尔和布劳德经常发生冲突。
set on fire使燃烧
例句：Some sparks from a passing train set the haystack on fire.
一列过往火车迸发出的一些火花点着了干草堆。

2. The police are running after them.

run after追赶
例句：The policemen are running after a prisoner who escaped last night.
警察在追捕一名昨夜逃跑的犯人。

3. There have also been a number of incidents in the Birmingham area, where youths broke shop windows and set fire to cars.

set fire to放火烧, 点着了…
例句：The police hasn't found out who set fire to the storehouse.
警方还没查出是谁放火烧了仓库。

4. The BBC has been told that the police marksmen had perceived a threat to life when they tried to arrest Mr Duggan, who was a passenger in a minibus taxi. Police say the officers involved have been taken off firearms duties.

take off拿走, 取下; 去掉
例句：Help me to take this handle off.
帮我把这握柄取下来。

5. The bank will be hoping it has more credibility with the market than government and politicians, whose messy compromise over raising America's debt ceiling was one of the main reasons behind the recent market rout. Many economists worry that America and Europe's debt problems combined could lead to another global recession.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：This led us to make a summing up of the experience and lessons.
这促使我们对经验和教训进行了总结。

6. The Libyan government has accused Nato forces of killing 85 civilians in an attack on a village in western Libya on Monday.

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

7. There has clearly been a series of air strikes.

a series of一系列
例句：The post office will issue a series of new stamps.
邮局将要发行一套新邮票。

8. Normally this type of interbreeding produces sterile offspring, but this time some fertile female hybrids survived, and as a result the majority of mice in Spain and a growing number in Germany now have genetic protection against poison.

as a result结果, 因此
例句：There was a substantial growth of industry and foreign trade increased as a result.
由于工业的大发展, 对外贸易也发展了。