BBC news 2011-10-13 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The man accused of trying to blow up an airliner over the American city of Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009 has dramatically changed all his pleas to guilty.

accuse of指责, 控告
He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。
blow up (使)爆炸, 将…炸毁, 毁掉
例句：The terrorists blew up the police station.
恐怖分子炸毁了警察局。

2. Then each charge was read out to him.

read out大声朗诵, 宣读
例句：First the secretary read out the minutes of the last meeting.
首先秘书宣读了上次会议的记录。

3. Earlier, Ugandan MPs voted unanimously to call on three senior government ministers, including the prime minister, to be suspended.

call on要求, 请求, 号召
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

4. A Syrian-born American man has been charged in the United States with spying for Syria.

charge with指控…犯有罪
例句：They charged him with negligence of duty.
他们指责他玩忽职守。

5. Many Syrians abroad have complained of systematic harassment by agents of the Syrian government.

complain of抱怨, 诉苦
例句：He complained of being underpaid.
他抱怨工资太低。

6. The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has set out a plan for tackling the crisis in the eurozone.

set out着手, 开始
例句：The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。

7. Now scientists have uncovered some of the genetic secrets of the plague thanks to DNA fragments drilled from the teeth of victims buried in a graveyard in east London.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to your help, we were successful.
由于你的帮助, 我们得以成功。

8. The researchers say that all current strains circulating in the world are directly related to the medieval bacterium.

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：He showed me all the correspondence relating to the matter.
他把与这件事有关的全部信件都给我看了。

9. A local priest appealed to the thieves to return the relic, which he said had an immeasurable religious and emotional value.

appeal to向…呼吁; 向…请求
例句：He earnestly appealed to his friends for support.
他恳切地向朋友请求支持。