BBC news 2011-10-31 加文本

短语讲解：

1. But that has been necessary and the fact that the federal government has taken their action, I think, has led to this generally positive result.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。
lead to导致
Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。

2. The bulk of rocket fire, though, this weekend has come from another group, Islamic Jihad. Hamas, the Islamist movement, which governs in Gaza, has so far refrained from firing although Israel says as the ruling power Hamas will be held responsible for all attacks.

refrain from忍住,制止,戒除;控制,克制不要
Please refrain from smoking during the performance.
演出时请勿吸烟。
hold responsible for使负担…的责任
例句：They will have to hold themselves responsible for the incident.
他们将不得不对这事件负责。

3. The Indonesian foreign minister, who's been visiting Burma, has described the reforms underway there as significant and says he's been assured that the process towards democracy is irreversible.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

4. The United States is reported to be drawing up plans to increase its military presence in the Gulf after the final withdrawal of troops from Iraq later this year.

draw up草拟, 拟订
例句：A new will has been drawn up.
新的遗嘱已拟好了。

5. The paper says that the Pentagon had hoped to keep as many as 20,000 troops in Iraq beyond the end of this year and is now drawing up an alternative to deal with any possible deterioration in security in Iraq or a clash with Iran.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

6. The details of the air attack remain unclear. The Kenyan army says it had intelligence that a senior al-Shabab leader was visiting a camp and it followed through with air strikes that killed 10 al-Shabab fighters and wounded 47 others.

follow through保持, 坚持
例句：He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything.
他善于创建项目, 但难得坚持完成。

7. Kenyan forces crossed into Somalia earlier this month after a series of kidnappings they blame on Somali militants.

blame on把责任推给…
例句：They blamed the failure on John.
他们把失败的责任推给约翰。

8. Doctor Chartres had already issued a statement saying if the campaigners packed up their tents and left voluntarily, he would make sure their voice was heard in debates about the financial crisis held in the cathedral.

pack up打包; 收拾
例句：I heard that her husband had packed up his things and moved out.
我听说她丈夫已收拾了他的东西搬出去住了。

9. Today he said he, too, was concerned about issues such as executive pay and giving shareholders more control over it, but that the camp threatened to distract from discussing them.

be concerned about关心,挂念
例句：They are concerned about my welfare.
他们关心我的健康。

10. The driver is reported to have told police he'd just broken up with his girlfriend.

break up (使)(人与人关系)发生破裂，断绝关系，关系破裂(或中断)；(使)(夫妇)离异
例句：It was money trouble that broke up their marriage.
他们因钱的问题婚姻才破裂的。