BBC news 2011-11-09 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has announced his intention to resign, but he says he won't go until after the Italian parliament has approved a package of reforms to shore up Italy's economy, which is badly affected by the eurozone debt crisis.

shore up支撑住
例句：They tried to shore up the failing economy by means of tax increases.
他们企图用增加税收的办法来挽救日益衰落的经济。

2. Speaking on television, he said that he would step down after parliament accepts a raft of economic reforms that he's proposed.

step down退休, 辞职
例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。

3. The United Nations nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, says there are indications that Iran has carried out activities described as relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device.

carry out执行; 贯彻; 进行
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。

4. The report lists in detail what it believes Iran has been doing in secret.

in detail详细地
例句：She described the accident in detail.
她详细地叙述了那次事故。

5. On a number of occasions she would be picked up and they'd either go to Clarence House or, they'd go to, she'd go to an address out in Oxfordshire.

pick up拾起, 捡起; 抬起
例句：I would have picked it up if I had noticed it.
我如果看见的话, 我早就把它拣起来了。

6. He said he worked for the newspaper for eight years until it was shut down by its owner Rupert Murdoch in July when it became embroiled in a phone-hacking scandal.

shut down完全关闭，倒闭，停止运转
例句：The factory was shut down for two months as a result of the strike.
那工厂因罢工的结果而停工了两个月。

7. You may be sick of him, but I have to deal with him every day.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.
可得当心, 她很难对付。

8. There's been no formal response from the Israeli prime minister's office to what was, after all, a private conversation between presidents Obama and Sarkozy.

after all毕竟; 究竟
例句：Don't get discouraged by setbacks, we are new to the work after all.
别因挫折而灰心, 这工作对我们来说毕竟还是陌生的。

9. Several studies have blamed the outbreak last year on UN peacekeepers from Nepal.

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。