BBC news 2011-09-21 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The man leading Afghanistan's efforts to negotiate peace with the Taliban has been killed by a suicide bomber at his home in the capital Kabul.

negotiate with (就某事)与…进行交涉(以达成协议)
例句：In 2000 he negotiated a technological and trade agreement with some European countries.
2000年他与欧洲几个国家商谈了技术和贸易协定。

2. Among the dead and injured with former President Burhanuddin Rabbani in his home was Masoom Stanekzai, a close adviser to President Karzai, who's returning from the UN General Assembly in New York to Afghanistan to deal with the crisis.

deal with与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句：He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。

3. His death may not necessarily derail the prospects for peace talks with the Taliban, depending on who'll succeed him, but it will make the process far harder to manage.

depend on随…而定
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。

4. It says the United States and the eurozone are at increased risk of falling back into recession.

fall back后退, (对方因被击败而)退却
例句：The crowd fell back to let the doctor through.
人群退后让医生走过去。

5. There's plenty of bad news to go around.

go around传播
例句：The story soon went around.
事情很快就传开了。

6. The Greek finance minister is engaged in a new conference call with debt inspectors to try to persuade them to release the next phase of the international bailout.

be engaged in从事于
例句：My family has been engaged in farming for generations.
我家几代都从事农业。

7. Greece says it needs the new loan of $11bn or it'll run out of cash by the middle of next month.

run out用完, 耗尽
例句：Our food soon ran out.
我们的粮食很快就吃完了。

8. After four decades of darkness, they can walk the streets, free from a tyrant.

free from (把…)从…释放出来; 使摆脱
例句：We freed him from his financial obligations.
我们使他摆脱了经济上的责任。

9. The United Nations says three million people in Pakistan are running desperately short of food as a result of the floods.

as a result of由于…的结果
例句：He was injured as a result of boiler explosion.
他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。

10. Cars were set alight, and youths tore down posters of Zambia's President Rupiah Banda after some polling stations opened late.

tear down拆毁; 拆卸
例句：The old houses have been torn down.
旧房子拆掉了。

11. Prosecutors in Mexico say officials in charge of the prisons from which dozens of inmates escaped have been detained.

in charge of主管，负责
例句：I'll be in charge of the whole factory next week when the director is away.
下周厂长不在时, 我将负责整个工厂。