BBC news 2011-08-16 加文本

短语讲解：

1. We have no idea what kind of medical attention they need, which is why we are calling on the Syrian authorities to give us expeditious access.
call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

2. We need to get in there to assess the need to see what people are suffering, and we need thereafter to take in urgently needed humanitarian supplies.

get in到达
例句：What time does the train from London get in?
从伦敦来的火车何时进站?
take in让…进入；接纳，接受；吸收
例句：The ship stopped here to take in freight.
这艘船在这里停泊装货。

3. He said this was Ankara's final word and that unless the violence ceased, Turkey would break off all dialogue.

break off停止; 断交
例句：He broke off in the middle of his story.
他故事讲到一半就突然不讲了。

4. Mr Mubarak, who appeared in court in Cairo for a second time, is charged with ordering the deaths of hundreds of protesters in the uprising.

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。

5. A spokesman for the Dutch government said the funds would be used to provide medicines and surgical equipment in areas held by rebels fighting Colonel Gaddafi's forces.

be used to被用来做……
例句：Zip codes are used to facilitate mail service. 
邮政编码方便了邮递服务。 

6. Police in Nigeria have shot dead a suspected suicide bomber as he drove a car packed with explosives into the police headquarters in the northeastern city of Maiduguri.

pack with用…充满
例句：He packed a briefcase with what might be required.
他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。

7. They've blamed Boko Haram, a radical Islamist sect that has for the last two years carried out numerous attacks mainly in northern Nigeria.

carry out执行; 贯彻
例句：If you make a promise, it should be carried out.
你许了诺言, 就一定要兑现。

8. For its side, the army is investigating alleged abuses of civilians and unlawful killings by soldiers involved in what's proving to be a long and difficult fight against Boko Haram.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：Don't involve me in your quarrel.
不要把我卷进你们的争吵中。

9. President Obama has set off on a bus tour of Midwestern states to try to regain the political initiative after weeks of bad economic news and repeated attacks by Republican opponents.

set off出发, 动身
例句：He proposed to set off immediately.
他建议立即动身。

10. He's visiting Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa to spur his supporters in three states he took in the last presidential election, and can ill afford to lose next year.

afford to (买)得起(某物)
例句：We can't afford to pay such a price.
我们付不起这个价钱。