BBC news 2011-11-17 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has been sworn in as head of a new government made up entirely of technocrats.

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。
make up组成, 构成
The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。

2. The country's new leader said he would also take on the finance portfolio and his main aim was Italy's economic growth.

take on开始做，开始执行，开始处理；承担(责任等)；担任(工作)
例句：He took on the responsibility for collecting evidence for the trial.
他负责为审判收集证据。

3. And anyone uncertain about the extent to which the eurozone crisis is bringing about profound change should consider this: Italy, a major European power, now has a cabinet made up entirely of technocrats.

bring about造成, 引起〔导致〕(某事)
例句：Science has brought about many changes in our lives.
科学为我们生活带来很大变化。

4. Mario Monti's government intends to usher in rapid economic reform to try to calm financial speculation.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...
例句：He intends his son to manage the company.
他打算让他儿子经营该公司。

5. The government must approve a new bailout package and commit to reforms in order to secure the next instalment of an international loan.

commit to对…作出承诺, 承担义务, 担负责任; 使(自己)致力于…
例句：I must go. I have committed myself to the club tonight and the members are expecting me.
我得走了, 我已经答应今晚去俱乐部, 会员们正等着我呢。
in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

6. It has at least 50 cores, or individual processors, on a single piece of silicon, and it's capable of running at a speed defined as one teraflop.

be capable of能够
例句：Susan is capable of hard work.
苏珊能胜任艰苦的工作。

7. A judge in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced eight men to death and 20 others to life imprisonment for a so-called honour killing that took place two decades ago.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

8. The case dates back to 1991 when a teenage Dalit boy eloped with his girlfriend who was from a higher caste.

date back to追溯到…; 从…开始
例句：The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages.
这个城镇的历史可回溯到中世纪。

9. Convictions were largely based on the parents' testimony.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

10. Last week, Mr Malema was suspended from the ANC for bringing the party into disrepute.

bring into使进入某种状态
例句：The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow.
新法律于明日午夜生效。

11. He said he rejects the five-year suspension verdict, which was handed down last week.

hand down正式宣布, 正式宣判
例句：The judge handed down a very heavy sentence on him.
法官给他判了很重的刑。