BBC news 2011-11-19 加文本

短语讲解：

1. A resolution passed by the agency's board called on Tehran to clear up outstanding questions about its nuclear capabilities without delay, but stopped short of referring Iran to the UN Security Council.

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。
clear up处理, 完成
例句：The matter has been cleared up.
事情已经解决。
refer to提交…作处理〔决定〕
例句：He referred the case to the High Court.
他把案子提交给高级法庭处理。

2. The new Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has won full approval from parliament for his austerity plan to deal with the country's budget crisis.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

3. For now at least, nearly all the political parties say they'll support Mr Monti as he sets out to restructure the economy.

set out着手, 开始
例句：The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。

4. Travelling through 700km of rock, the particles seemed to show up billionths of a second earlier than they should have.

show up揭露;暴露; 到场, 出席,如约赶到,出现,露面
例句：I intend to show up this liar.
我打算揭发这个说谎者。

5. But critics said the groups of neutrinos were far more spread out in time than that tiny difference, blurring the team's ability to accurately measure them.

spread out分散; 伸展; 延长
例句：The resources are spread out too thin.
资源分布得极为贫乏。
in time及时, 不迟
例句：The doctor came in time to save his life.
医生及时来抢救他的生命。

6. The British Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain and Germany agree on the need for decisive action to stabilise the eurozone.

agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句：We agree on the question.
我们在这个问题上意见一致。

7. The commission will have the power to access all government documents, but an amnesty law means it won't lead to any prosecutions.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：In given conditions, a bad thing can lead to good results.
在一定条件下, 一件坏事可以导致好的结果。

8. As to the role of man, the report says greenhouse gases are likely to have caused recent warming, but for the next few decades our influence will be relatively small compared to natural variability.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

9. Lawyers for phone-hacking victims said he was also involved in a practice called pinging - a technique to locate people using their mobile phones, which can only be used legally by the police and security forces.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：Don't involve me in your quarrel.
不要把我卷进你们的争吵中。