BBC news 2011-10-26 加文本

短语讲解：

1. So far, Mr Berlusconi has been unable to convince his main partners, the Northern League, to accept measures demanded by the EU in time for the European summit scheduled for Wednesday.

in time及时, 不迟
例句：The doctor came in time to save his life.
医生及时来抢救他的生命。

2. We have 27 democratically elected governments which have agreed on reinforcing surveillance, on having a higher degree of coordination of their economic policies. It makes sense.

agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句：They agreed on leaving there the next day.
他们一致同意第二天离开那里。
make sense有道理；有意义；是明智的, 是合情合理的
例句：It would make sense to leave early.
还是早点走好。

3. There's still no deal on how much Greek debt held by private sector institutions should be written off.

write off损失掉, 排除; 毁掉; 结束掉
例句：The plane was completely written off and the pilot died.
飞机全毁, 飞行员身亡。

4. Aid workers face a new challenge as they try to prevent children who've managed to gain some weight from succumbing to diarrhoea and other illnesses.

prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。
manage to达成,设法
例句：She managed to make herself understood in English.
她设法用英语表达自己的意思。

5. The national manufacturing policy aims to increase manufacturing to 25% of the country's gross domestic product by then.

aim to意欲,旨在；企图，试图
例句：My brother aims to be a novelist.
我兄弟立志当小说家。

6. The B53 bomb was 600 times more powerful than that dropped on Hiroshima at the end of the Second World War.

at the end of 在…结尾,在…末端
例句：At the end of his speech, the crowd caught alight and began cheering wildly.
讲在他演讲快结束的时候, 人群情绪激昂, 狂热欢呼。

7. It took around an hour for the high explosive to be removed from around the nuclear material inside the B53, and then this relic of the Cold War, which remained part of the US arsenal until 1997, was no more.

remove from从…中移开〔拿走, 除掉〕
例句：She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。
no more不再
例句：The ship sank below the waves, and was seen no more.
船沉到浪涛里了, 再也看不见了。

8. They were bunker busters. With five parachutes, they were designed to land softly on their target, and then with a nine megaton explosion, simulate an earthquake and destroy underground bunkers in which military and civilian leaders might be sheltering.

land on落到…上; (使)在…上登陆
例句：A drop of rain landed on my head.
一滴雨滴落在我头上。

9. The project has become commercially viable due to the increasing international price of gold.

due to由于，因为
例句：Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。