BBC news 2011-09-19 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The new upsurge in violence happened as the Yemeni opposition stepped up protests, calling on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power.

step up (使)增加, (使)加快速度
例句：The girl stepped up to school.
女孩子加快步伐去上学。
call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。
hand over让与, 移交
例句：He has resigned and will hand over charge of his office today.
他已辞职, 将在今日办移交手续。

2. Interviews detailed a violent campaign of intimidation against the black migrant community with hundreds of men imprisoned accused of being mercenaries for Colonel Gaddafi, and women and girls beaten and raped.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：The man was accused of being a spy.
那人被指控是个间谍。

3. In a particularly brutal case, 20 fighters allegedly broke into one house, searching for mercenaries.

break into闯入, 强行进入, 破门而入
例句：We had to break into the house as we had lost the key.
因为我们弄丢了钥匙, 所以不得不破门而入。
search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。

4. They hit my father with gun and carried him away. Since that day, I've not heard from my father.

carry away拿走, 带走, 搬走
例句：The wounded men were carried away.
受伤的人们被抬走了。
hear from收到…的来信
例句：I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
我盼望着不久收到你的信。

5. In his first interview since losing his job as the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has admitted that he was morally at fault when he had sex with a hotel maid in New York, but he told French television that he hadn't raped her.

at fault有错, 有责任
例句：I am quite at fault.
我完全错了。

6. There was humility: first an apology to his wife, Anne Sinclair, who has stood so loyally by him; and second to the French people, with whom he said "I have missed my appointment", referring to his aborted campaign to run for president.

stand by支持, 支援
例句：We'll stand by you through thick and thin.
不管多么艰难困苦, 我们都要支持你们。
refer to涉及，谈到，提到；关系到
例句：He never referred to his sisters in his letters.
他在信里从未提到过他的姊妹。
run for竞选
例句：Mr Brown did not want to run for governor of the state last year.
布朗先生去年不想竞选州长。

7. On Friday, the trader, Kweku Adoboli, was charged with fraud and false accounting.

charge with指控…犯有罪
例句：He was falsely charged with robbery.
他被诬告犯有抢劫罪。

8. The Greek cabinet has been holding an emergency meeting to discuss new measures to deal with the country's debt crisis.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

9. The European Union has demanded deeper cuts in spending before it'll pay out the latest instalment of the Greek bailout agreed last year.

pay out支付, 付出
例句：I paid out a lot of money for that car.
为这辆车我付了一大笔钱。

10. They were protesting against a public official who blamed a recent gang rape on a woman's choice of clothing. Viv Marsh reports.

protest against抗议
例句：All local farmers protested against building the new airport on their farm land.
当地农民抗议在他们的农田上建新飞机场。
blame on把责任推给…
例句：They blamed the failure on John.
他们把失败的责任推给约翰。