BBC news 2011-09-22 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned of a new cycle of violence in the Middle East if Palestinian demands for full membership of the United Nations prompt a US veto.

warn of发出关于…的警告
例句：The weather station warned of severe snowfalls ahead.
气象台预报将有大雪。
demand for要求…
The workers demand for better conditions of work.
工人们要求改善工作条件。

2. But a spokesman for the Palestinians, Nabil Shaath, insisted that they would apply for full UN membership.

apply for申请
例句：He applied for a passport.
他申请护照。

3. It's morally, legally and politically acceptable in every way, and I don't really see that that is a matter that should be bargained about.

bargain about议(某物)之价; 就(某物)讨价还价
例句：The women spend hours in the market, bargaining about the goods.
女人们在市场上一呆就是几个小时, 为买东西讨价还价。

4. China has summoned the United States ambassador to protest against plans to upgrade Taiwan's aging fleet of American-made F-16 fighter planes.

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。

5. The Taiwanese authorities have been pushing for an upgrade to their air force for some time.

push for急切、强烈地要求, 为…奋力争取
例句：We were pushed for time and had to quit some place to visit.
由于时间紧迫, 我们只好放弃一些地方不去参观了。

6. After a series of crashes, their aging F-5 fighters are literally falling out of the sky.

fall out of从…掉了下来
例句：In his sleep he let the book fall out of his hand.
他睡着时书从手中掉了下来。

7. TV pictures showed Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal running down the steps of a plane in Muscat to be reunited with their families.

run down撞倒, 撞沉
例句：The old man was run down by a big lorry.
那个老人被一辆大卡车撞倒了。

8. Troy Davis was convicted of killing an off-duty police officer in 1989.

convict of宣判(某人)犯有(某罪)
例句：The criminal was convicted of murder.
罪犯被判决犯有谋杀罪。

9. Parts of northeast India are still cut off after an earthquake on Sunday.

cut off使分离；使隔绝
例句：The village was cut off by the snow for more than a month.
这个村庄被大雪封闭了一个多月。

10. The American rock band REM have announced that they are splitting up.

split up (使)分成若干小部分; (使)断绝关系
例句：The teacher split the class up into six groups.
老师把班级分成6个小组。