BBC news 2011-11-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. While Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says he'll travel to Libya next week for talks on where the trial should take place.

take place发生;举行
例句：When will the basketball game take place?
篮球赛何时举行?

2. I know the case we present at the ICC, I have to learn about what they're having, what they have there, and we'll discuss it.

learn about获得, 学得; 得知有关…的消息
例句：We only learned about your intended visit yesterday.
我们昨天才听说你们准备来访。

3. The European Union urged Libya's interim authorities to cooperate with the ICC while the British government said it was important that Saif al-Islam was tried in line with international standards.

cooperate with与(某人)协作, 合作
例句：The children cooperated with their teachers in keeping the classroom neat.
孩子们和老师一起保持教室整洁。
in line with跟…一致, 符合,按照
例句：The new proposal is in line with our general line.
新建议和我们总的原则是一致的。

4. The police pulled down the tents of protesters who'd camped there overnight.

pull down毁坏, 拆毁
例句：The old building has been pulled down.
那座老建筑物已被拆毁。

5. A large crowd has again returned to Tahrir Square after riot police pulled back.

pull back(使)(某人, 尤指一组士兵)撤出阵地
例句：The platoon pulled back to safety.
这一排士兵撤回到了安全地带。

6. They had been using rubber bullets and tear gas to try to drive people away.

drive away把…驱开, 赶走
例句：They drove away the aggressors.
他们赶走了侵略者。

7. But he cautioned that Burma was not aiming for Western-style democracy, and he said the country would need peace and stability to make real progress

aim for计划, 打算
例句：She was aiming for the top in her career.
她立志攀登事业的顶峰。
make progress前进,进步
例句：The boy has made great progress this year.
这男孩今年进步很大。

8. He cited cooperation with Aung San Suu Kyi as a sign of that progress, but refused to be drawn on when more political detainees would be freed.

draw on逗引，诱哄；鼓励(某人)谈话(或前进、行动等)，使继续向前
例句：He drew her on to tell him about what had happened.
他逗引她告诉他所发生的事情。

9. The Colombian army says it has shut down the main radio station operated by the Farc left-wing rebel group after 15 years on air.

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。

10. The army also disrupted its transmissions last year, but the rebels got the station back on air.

get back找回, 取回
例句：I haven't got back the book I lent him.
我还没有收回我借给他的那本书。