BBC news 2011-11-04 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The centre-right opposition in Greece has demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister George Papandreou and called for snap elections, throwing into disarray plans for a unity government.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。
throw into投身于
例句：Despite the difficulties he threw himself into the research.
尽管困难重重, 他还是全心投入了调查研究。

2. Greeks and all of Europe are looking on anxiously.

look on在一旁观看, 袖手旁观
例句：They stood looking on while the man was robbed.
正当那个人被抢劫时, 他们却站在那儿袖手旁观。

3. Speaking at the end of the first day of talks, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he thought the message sent by France and Germany to what he called the Greek political class had helped people to focus on what was at stake.

focus on集中于，致力于; 对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

4. Mr Sarkozy said the euro was the very heart of Europe. He warned that European leaders could not accept what he termed the explosion of the euro as this could lead to the explosion of Europe.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

5. The claim comes a day after the Arab League said that Syria had agreed to its plans to bring an end to the political violence there.

bring an end to使结束，使停止
例句：Neutral state in the area have tried to bring an end to the war
该地区的中立国为结束战争作出了努力。

6. The trial of the doctor accused of responsibility for the death of the pop star Michael Jackson is entering its final stages in Los Angeles.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

7. Doctor Murray faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

face up to勇敢地接受〔面对〕, 正视(而不畏缩)
例句：We must face up to our responsibilities and not try to get out of them.
我们必须勇敢地担当起我们的责任, 而不应当试图推卸责任。

8. And finally, a cleaning woman at a German art gallery has caused irreparable damage to a valuable artwork by one of Germany's most celebrated modern sculptors by polishing off what she believed to be an unsightly stain on the work. Steve Evans reports.

polish off吃完; 干完; 击倒; 除掉
例句：We can soon polish off that job.
我们能很快干完那工作。

9. The work consisted of a tower of wooden slats under which a rubber trough was placed with a thin beige layer of paint representing dried rainwater.

consist of由…组成，由...构成
例句：The book consists of nineteen chapters.
全书共分19章。