BBC news 2011-09-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. I will not support any plan that puts all the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary Americans, and I will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on Medicare but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句：Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on foreign businesses.
香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于外国商行。

2. Republican opponents have described Mr Obama's plan as "class warfare" and say they'll oppose any tax increases.

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。

3. The Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has taken part in a two-hour emergency conference call with international lenders as Greece comes under further pressure to avoid defaulting on its debt repayments.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。
default on拖欠…
例句：He defaulted on his payments for support of the child.
他拖欠孩子的抚养费。

4. They are deciding whether to release more money to bail out the Greek economy.

bail out使或帮助(某人)摆脱(经济等方面的)困境；从困境中摆脱出来
例句：I hope someone will bail me out of this.
我希望有人会帮助我摆脱困境。

5. The Greek government knows that without further financial aid, it will run out of cash by mid-October; it also knows that no more bailout money will come its way unless it lives up to its promises and reduces its budget deficit to 7.6%.

run out用完, 耗尽
例句：Our food soon ran out.
我们的粮食很快就吃完了。
live up to实行; 履行
例句：They have truly lived up to their pledge.
他们确实照他们的誓言做了。

6. Gunmen in Burundi have shot dead at least 36 people in an attack on a bar. Survivors said dozens of men armed with automatic weapons and grenades entered the bar close to the capital Bujumbura.

dozens of很多
例句：There are rumors in the air that dozens of people died in the fire.
有谣传许多人在那场大火中死亡。
arm with用…武装; 向…提供
例句：The crowd was armed with broken bottles.
那帮人手中备有碎酒瓶子。

7. State television in Iran says the authorities have arrested six people suspected of working for the BBC Persian service.

suspect of怀疑
例句：He was suspected of theft.
他有盗窃的嫌疑。

8. It was supposed to be the day when years of legal wrangling and courtroom battles came to an end when the eviction process at the illegal Dale Farm traveller site began.

come to an end结束,终止
例句：All good things must come to an end.
天下无不散之筵席。

9. More than 30 prisoners have broken out of three jails in Mexico.

break out突然逃跑，(使)脱逃，逃出(监狱)，(使)逃走
例句：He spent two months in prison before he broke out.
他越狱逃走之前在狱中坐牢两个月。

10. Soldiers are hunting for the remaining 18.

hunt for寻找某人〔某物〕
例句：The whole neighborhood have been hunting for the missing child.
整条街的人都在寻找那个失踪的孩子。