BBC news 2011-09-03 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The United Nations nuclear energy agency, the IAEA, says it's increasingly concerned that Iran is working on a nuclear weapons programme.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

2. The International Atomic Energy Agency says it continues to receive new information on activities in Iran related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile.

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：He showed me all the correspondence relating to the matter.
他把与这件事有关的全部信件都给我看了。

3. The Environmental Protection Agency had put forward the measures to help prevent thousands of premature deaths from heart and lung disease, and save billions of dollars in health costs.

put forward提出
例句：He put forward a plan for the committee to consider.
他提出一项计划交由全体委员审议。
prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。

4. Industry groups and Republicans have welcomed the decision, saying the new standards would have been a further burden on the US economy, but it's been criticised by environmentalists and some Democrats, who accuse the president of caving in under Republican pressure.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。
cave in投降; 屈服
例句：The children begged their father to take them to the circus until he caved in.
孩子们请求父亲带他们去看马戏团, 直到他让步为止。

5. Members of the opposition leadership, military officers and tribal leaders lined up to congratulate him on securing a commitment to continued Nato support and the unfreezing of a third of Libya's foreign assets.

line up组织, 邀集
例句：They've lined up some excellent entertainers for our show.
他们已组织了一批非常出色的演员来参加我们的演出。
congratulate on就…向某人表示祝贺
例句：We congratulated him on having passed the exam.
我们祝贺他通过了考试。

6. The country's president said they are suspected of exporting cocaine to the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico and are wanted in the United States.

suspect of怀疑
例句：They suspect him of killing the girl.
他们怀疑他杀了那个女孩。

7. A state police officer in Mexico has been arrested in connection with an arson attack last week on a casino in the northern city of Monterrey, which killed 52 people.

in connection with与…有关,连同
例句：He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

8. The arrest of the Nuevo Leon state police officer comes as an embarrassment for local authorities in the wake of the attack - one of the deadliest acts in Mexico's long-running security conflict.

in the wake of尾随,紧跟,仿效
例句：Traders came in the wake of the conquering armies.
商人随着征服的军队而来。

9. They believe that the officer was providing cover for the criminals as they were dousing the building with fuel and setting it ablaze.

set ablaze烧起,燃起
例句：Truck after truck was set ablaze as the fire spread.
火势蔓延，卡车一辆接一辆地起火了。

10. James Murdoch, who's boss of the UK wing of the media giant News Corporation, has turned down a bonus worth around $6m in the wake of a phone-hacking scandal, which has rocked the company.

turn down拒绝
例句：His request for a rise was turned down.
他要求加薪, 被拒绝了。