BBC news 2011-08-22 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Hundreds of Libyan rebels have arrived in the capital Tripoli after fighting their way from the west.

arrive in抵达, 到达
例句：The steamer arrived in harbor last night.
汽船是昨晚进港的。

2. Earlier, the rebels took control of a key military base on the western approach to Tripoli. Other rebels have set up checkpoints in suburbs on the eastern outskirts of the capital.

take control of控制
例句：A military junta took control of the country.
一个军政权控制了国家。
set up建立,创立
例句：A new government was set up after the war.
新政府于战后成立。

3. The rebels have called this "zero hour" - the hour when the uprising came back to Tripoli.

come back回来
例句：I'm going away and I may never come back.
我要走了, 可能永远不再回来。

4. In areas where the fighting has not been taking place, people were said to be staying indoors.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

5. There have been renewed international calls for Colonel Gaddafi to stand down immediately.

stand down(使)解除战备状态；下岗；解散
例句：The soldiers who held the station were ordered to stand down.
把守阵地的士兵得到命令撤出。

6. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would be good if Colonel Gaddafi gave up power as quickly as possible.

give up放弃; 交出; 自首
例句：She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。

7. An emergency meeting of the Arab League has condemned Israel's air attacks on the Gaza Strip and said the United Nations should take steps to end the raids.

take steps采取措施
例句：They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.
他们采取措施阻止流感的传播。

8. With music and poems and speeches, this is how a nation brought to an end one month of mourning.

bring to an end使结束
例句：The new treaty will bring to an end the long war. 
新的谈判将使长久的战争结束。 

9. Pressure groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called on the 10 million inhabitants of the capital Kinshasa each to light a candle to protest against severe electricity cuts in the city.

call on叫, 号召
例句：The government called on the workers to oppose waste.
政府号召工人反对浪费。
protest against抗议
例句：All local farmers protested against building the new airport on their farm land.
当地农民抗议在他们的农田上建新飞机场。

10. They say everybody should light their candles at the same time on Sunday evening to light up the city, which is often cast into darkness.

light up照亮, 亮起来
例句：All the streets were lit up with electricity.
所有的街道上电灯通明。