BBC news 2011-08-26 加文本

短语讲解：

1. A new audio message has been broadcast from Colonel Gaddafi, urging Libyans to destroy the rebels as heavy fighting again broke out in parts of Tripoli.

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. He appealed to people in Jfara, a district near Tripoli, to march on the capital and emulate the struggle for independence against the former colonial power in Libya, Italy.

appeal to向…呼吁; 向…请求
例句：The United Nations appealed to the people of the developed countries for aiding those of the backward countries.
联合国呼吁发达国家的人民援助落后国家的人民。

3. He said teenagers sitting on tanks cheered as they passed for what they hope will be the final battle of the war, but our correspondent says the Gaddafi loyalists are putting up stubborn resistance.

pass for被误认为是
例句：The two of them look so much alike that they often pass for sisters.
她们看上去很相像, 人们常常把她们看做同胞姐妹。
put up进行
例句：Very little resistance was put up by the enemy.
敌人没怎么进行抵抗。

4. They think that these 17 men were picked up by Gaddafi forces at checkpoints around the city and taken to a schoolhouse near here which was being used as a temporary prison.

pick up捉住, 逮住
例句：He is picked up on a charge of killing a man.
他因犯有杀人罪而被逮捕。

5. One of the victims looks to be about 15 years old.

look to依靠〔指望〕(某人或某事)
例句：She has always looked to her parents for advice.
她总是指望她的父母替她出主意。

6. The bank's shares have fallen by a third this month and lost more than half their value this year over investor concerns about losses in its home loans business.

concern about使(自己)关心…
例句：There is no need for you to concern yourself about where I was last night.
你没必要关心我昨晚在哪儿。

7. Now the highly regarded investor Warren Buffett is putting in $5bn of capital from his company, the Berkshire Hathaway.

put in在…上花费
例句：I've put a lot of work in improving my English.
我下了很大的工夫进修英文。

8. African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa have pledged more than $350m for millions of people suffering from the effects of drought and famine in the Horn of Africa.

suffer from因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：She often suffers from headaches.
她常常头痛。

9. Nigerian police blame the raids in the town of Gombi on Islamist militants, who've been linked with a wave of violence in the region.

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。
link with将…与…连接〔系〕在一起
High unemployment is not necessarily linked with the rise in prices.
高失业率与物价上涨不一定有联系。

10. Spain's top footballers have called off their strike and will be back in action on Saturday after resolving a pay dispute in marathon negotiations overnight.

call off取消; 停止
例句：The engagement has been called off.
婚约取消了。