BBC news 2011-11-08 加文本

短语讲解：

1. There had been reports that Prime Minister Berlusconi's support was ebbing away and that he could no longer command a parliamentary majority.

ebb away逐渐减退，逐渐衰弱下去，渐衰；衰弱，衰退
例句：Her life is gradually ebbing away.
她的生命正在逐渐消逝。

2. The gunfire began when Liberian riot police clashed with opposition supporters outside their party headquarters.

clash with与(某人或某事)抵触, 冲突
例句：Brougher clashed frequently with Browder.
布鲁尔和布劳德经常发生冲突。

3. Liberia's deputy opposition leader, the former football star George Weah, said the second round of the election on Tuesday should now be called off.

call off取消; 停止
例句：The engagement has been called off.
婚约取消了。

4. Mr Weah's party had already called for a boycott, saying problems from the first round have not been corrected.

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。

5. The IAEA has yet to publish its report, but enough leaks have emerged to build up a picture of what will be in it.

build up使增大; 增进
例句：He has built up a good business over the years.
几年来他生意做得很兴旺。

6. Doctor Conrad Murray has been on trial for the past six weeks, accused over the death of Jackson in 2009.

on trial受审
例句：He is on trial for murder.
他因谋杀而受审。

7. Doctor Conrad Murray faces up to four years in jail if he's found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

face up to勇敢地对付;面对事实
例句：He had to face up to the fact that his family disapproved of his wife.
他必须面对家人不赞同婚事的事实。

8. He's been accused of giving Michael Jackson a lethal dose of the powerful anaesthetic, propofol.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：The man was accused of being a spy.
那人被指控是个间谍。

9. The international militant known as Carlos the Jackal has gone on trial in Paris in connection with bomb attacks on trains in France in the 1980s that killed 11 people.

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。