BBC news 2011-11-12 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Parliamentary approval of the package should lead to the promised resignation of the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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。

2. Italy's politicians are desperate to show that they are responding urgently to the economic crisis, so they are racing this austerity package through the two houses of parliament.

respond to对…有某种反应〔感觉, 表现〕; 对…作出反应〔回答〕
例句：She responded to the news by bursting into tears.
她听到那个消息后眼泪夺眶而出。

3. The measures include moves to sell off state assets and changes in the tax and pension regimes.

sell off廉价销售
例句：He was forced to sell off his land.
他被迫廉价出卖土地。

4. And he's thought likely to cut back on the cost of the bureaucracy that weighs heavily on business here and to challenge vested interests in the professions and elsewhere.

cut back on减低
例句：We have to cut back on expenses.
我们必须降低支出。

5. The new Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has been sworn in as the head of an interim coalition government that'll try and push through the bailout package agreed with European leaders last month.

swear in使宣誓就职
例句：The new Governor is being sworn in next week.
下星期新总督要宣誓就职。
push through努力完成
例句：We must push the matter through.
我们必须把这事办妥。

6. Security Council committee approved a report summing up the deep divisions within the council without recommending any action on the Palestinian request.

sum up总结, 概括
例句：It can be summed up in two words.
这可以用三言两语概括起来。

7. They could still push for a symbolic vote; they could decide to try again for full UN membership in a few weeks or months; or they could seek status as a non-member observer state, which would upgrade their current position as observer entity.

push for急切、强烈地要求, 为…奋力争取
例句：People living near the airport are pushing for new rules about night flight.
住在机场附近的人们正强烈要求制订出夜航班机的新规。

8. A newborn baby in Nigeria has been added to a government payroll, earning about $150 a month.

add to增加, 加强
例句：The snowstorm added to our difficulties.
暴风雪增加了我们的困难。