BBC news 2011-10-29 加文本

1. The International Criminal Court in The Hague says it's had indirect contact with Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. He's believed to be interested in surrendering to the ICC.

be interested in对…感兴趣
例句：He is interested in sports.
他爱好运动。

2. Saif al-Islam was widely seen as the de facto prime minister during the uprising against the Libyan government.

see as视…为
例句：I see difficulties as temporary setbacks.
我把困难看成暂时的不顺。

3. The court issued arrest warrants for Saif al-Islam, his father and their chief intelligence officer Abdullah al-Senussi in connection with the violent suppression of opposition protesters.

in connection with与…有关,连同
例句：He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

4. The leader of the Islamist party that's won Tunisia's first free election, Rachid Ghannouchi, has called on all political groups to work together to write a new democratic constitution.

call on号召;请求
例句：You'd better call on your friends to help you.
你最好请朋友来帮你。

5. Mr Ghannouchi, speaking in Tunis, promised that women would play a full role in the coalition government that his Ennahda party is hoping to form whether or not they wore a veil.

play a role in在……中起作用; 扮演角色
例句：Woman used to play a passive role in a marriage.
妇女过去在婚姻中常常扮演顺从被动的角色。

6. The president who serves as a ceremonial head of state is elected for a seven-year term.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

7. He's set to become Ireland's ninth president, coming first out of a record number of seven candidates contesting the election.

set to开始努力干
例句：He set to with a will and soon finished it.
他下定决心做这件事, 很快就完成了。

8. A Moroccan judge has sentenced to death a man found guilty of carrying out an April bomb attack on a tourist cafe in Marrakesh.

carry out贯彻，执行；实现
例句：If you make a promise, it should be carried out.
你许了诺言, 就一定要兑现。

9. Earlier this month, the 23-year-old Grammy award winner had to pull out of 10 dates in the US.

pull out (使)离开
例句：The country is pulling out of inflation.
这个国家正在摆脱通货膨胀的局面。