BBC news 2011-08-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The International Organisation for Migration says it's planning an operation to evacuate thousands of foreigners from the Libyan capital Tripoli as fighting gets closer to the city.

close to离…近
例句：His house is close to mine.
他的房子靠近我家。

2. A Colombian peace campaigner and former senator, Piedad Cordoba, has left the country after receiving death threats. Ms Cordoba has negotiated the release of a number of hostages held by the left-wing rebel group, the Farc, but the Colombian government accused her of helping the rebels.

a number of一些
例句：A number of new products have been successfully trial-produced.
许多新产品已试制成功。
accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

3. But her negotiations with the rebels have also earned her sharp criticism, especially when she conducted some of them without the government's blessing, a move for which she was banned from public office for 18 years.

ban from禁止
例句：They were banned from attending.
禁止他们出席。

4. The government of Zimbabwe has given foreign companies a 14-day ultimatum to submit plans for the transfer of majority stakes to local owners or risk losing their operating licences.

submit to向…呈交〔递送〕…
例句：The developers submitted building plans to the council for approval.
开发商把施工方案提交议会以求批准。

5. The men were watching television at the home of one of them when the gunmen burst in and opened fire.

burst in闯入,打断,突然出现
例句：He burst in and told everyone to stand still.
他破门而入叫大家不许动。

6. Police blame the attack on Boko Haram, a group responsible for killing security officers, local leaders and clerics in northern Nigeria.

blame on把责任推给…
例句：You can't blame the rise in prices on the government.
你不能把物价上涨归咎于政府。
responsible for为…负责,形成…的原因
例句：The bad weather is responsible for the small attendance.
出席率低是由于天气不佳。

7. This was one of several suburbs of the capital Damascus where demonstrations broke out after Friday prayers and were met with gunfire from security forces.

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。
meet with遭受, 受到
例句：Again and again the test met with no success.
这一试验一再遭到失败。

8. But the majority of the killings, according to activists, were in three towns close to the city of Deraa, in the far south, where the uprising began five long months ago.

according to据...所载;据...所说
例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。

9. They were killed as Israeli forces pursued militants who'd carried out attacks near the Egyptian border leaving eight Israelis dead.

carry out执行; 贯彻
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。

10. The start of the Spanish football season this weekend will be delayed after negotiations to prevent a strike by players failed. Many players, mostly in the second division, haven't been paid for months as clubs face severe financial difficulties.

pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。