BBC news 2011-09-02 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Leaders from 63 countries have met the top officials in Libya's National Transitional Council to map out a future for the country.

map out筹划〔安排〕某事
例句：The committee mapped out a long-term plan.
委员会订出长远规划。

2. Mr Cameron paid tribute to the conduct of the Libyan opposition.

pay tribute to称赞, 歌颂
例句：We pay tribute to his courage.
我们赞赏他的勇气。

3. Some people warned, as Gaddafi himself did, that the Libyan people could not be trusted with freedom, that without Gaddafi there would be chaos.

trust with把…托给(某人)管理
例句：I trusted him with my bike.
我把自行车交给他管理。

4. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the top priority was to provide Libyans with medicine, fuel, food and water.

provide with给…提供;以…装备
例句：Somehow she managed to provide her children with food and clothing.
她总算设法使她的孩子有饭吃,有衣穿。

5. The NTC says that many prominent members of Gaddafi's government have been in contact to discuss handing themselves in.

hand in交上, 递交, 呈送
例句：He handed in his resignation right after the cabinet meeting.
内阁会议一开完, 他就提出了辞呈。

6. Tribal leaders will have until 10 September to persuade the loyalist troops in Sirte to give up their weapons.

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

7. They intend to cut off the water and electricity to Sirte, and also crucially to advance closer to it.

cut off切断;中断
例句：I was cut off on my line to London.
我打伦敦长途时,电话线被切断了。

8. Europe's human rights chief has accused European governments of complicity in what he called American crimes during the war on terror.

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

9. Thomas Hammarberg, the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, describes the US war on terror as a systematic violation of human rights, and he says European governments were deeply complicit in this.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

10. The president of the Medical Association of Guatemala, Carlos Mejia, said up to 2,500 prisoners, psychiatric patients and orphans were deliberately infected with sexually transmitted diseases during penicillin studies.

infect with把…传染给…
例句：The man has been infected with cholera.
这人已染上了霍乱。