BBC news 2011-09-09 加文本

短语讲解：

1. He is of course setting a political trap for them, daring them to defy measures that he will portray as helping ordinary Americans.

portray as把...描绘成
例句：Her book portrays her stepfather as a cruel man.
她的书把继父描绘成残忍的人。

2. The BBC's director of Global News, Peter Horrocks, paid tribute to Mr Khpulwak.

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

3. "He was holding a technical gadget in his hand which happened to be his telephone probably, so the soldier believed that he was a suicide bomber, a third suicide bomber who was about to detonate himself, and therefore took action.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

4. The black Africans now leaving Libya told the UN migration office they feared for their lives.

fear for为某人〔某事物〕担心
例句：We feared for his safety.
我们担心他的安全。

5. They said all black people in Libya were now being seen as associated with the black mercenaries that had been fighting on the side of Colonel Gaddafi.

associate with与…交往, 联系
例句：The doctor was associated in the child's mind with injections and pains.
在孩子的心里, 医生总是使他联想到打针与疼痛。

6. The UN stopped short of directly blaming the anti-Gaddafi Transitional National Council forces for systematically targeting the black Africans.

blame for因…怪罪, 责怪(某人)
例句：He blamed his brother for breaking the window.
他责备他兄弟打破了窗玻璃。

7. The deputy head of Libya's National Transitional Council has said the battle against Colonel Gaddafi's forces isn't over. In his first speech since moving to Tripoli, Mahmoud Jibril called on Libyans to be united and not attack each other as they face big challenges ahead.

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

8. Turkey has expressed growing anger over Israel's refusal to offer a full apology for its raid on a flotilla heading for Gaza last year, during which nine Turkish activists were killed.

head for朝…进发
例句：He put on his coat and headed for the door.
他穿上大衣向门口走去。

9. One of London's most popular art galleries, the Tate Modern, has announced ambitious plans to open previously unused parts of its building in time for the Olympics next year.

in time及时, 不迟
例句：The doctor came in time to save his life.
医生及时来抢救他的生命。