BBC news 2011-09-11 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Mr Haikal said that those responsible for the attack would be tried in emergency state security courts.

responsible for是...的原由
例句：The bad weather is responsible for the small attendance.
出席率低是由于天气不佳。

2. Egypt has promised to crack down on the protesters involved in the attack and to protect Cairo's embassies.

crack down采取严厉措施, 制裁
例句：The police decided to crack down on drug addicts.
警察决定对吸毒的人采取严厉措施。
involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.
那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动。

3. Reports on Egyptian state television said Egypt's prime minister offered to step down, but his resignation was refused by the country's military leader Field Marshal Tantawi.

step down辞职，下台
例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。

4. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel remains committed to its peace treaty with Egypt.

commit to对…作出承诺, 承担义务, 担负责任; 使(自己)致力于…
例句：He has committed himself to the cause of education.
他已决心献身教育事业。

5. There were chaotic scenes when Mustafa Abdul Jalil emerged from the aircraft that had brought him from Benghazi.

emerge from来自, 产生于, 脱离
例句：What results emerged from your talks?
你们的谈话产生了什么结果?

6. He hasn't given many details away, but before he went, there were newspaper reports suggesting that the Arab League wanted a three-year timetable for a transition to multi-party government.

give away泄露
例句：Don't give away the secret.
这项机密不可泄露。

7. And speaking on his return from Damascus, Mr al-Arabi did say he'd urged the Syrian president to speed up reform plans through a timetable that will make every Syrian citizen feel he's moved onto a new stage.

speed up (使)加速
例句：We are speeding up the mechanization of our agriculture.
我们正在加快农业机械化的步伐。

8. The government of Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar says it'll set up an investigation to establish why a heavily overloaded ferry sank on Friday night with more than 800 people on board.

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。

9. Mr Malema, who's accused of bringing the ANC into disrepute, said he did not need permission to be in the party since it was in his blood.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。

10. The Delta 2 rocket, which took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, is carrying two identical satellites which will survey the Moon's gravitational field in uNPRecedented detail.

take off起飞
例句：The plane took off from the airport and headed south towards Hong Kong.
飞机从机场起飞往南向香港飞去。