BBC news 2011-11-26 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The man selected by Egypt's ruling military council to serve as a civilian prime minister, Kamal Ganzouri, has said that he'll form an all-inclusive cabinet to serve the Egyptian people.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

2. As Mr Ganzouri addressed the nation, huge crowds again occupied Cairo's Tahrir Square, calling for an end to military rule.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

3. The Arab League is due to meet this weekend to decide on the sanctions.

decide on就…做出决定, 决定要
例句：Peter decided on a blue sweater.
彼得选定了一件蓝色的运动衫。

4. A BBC Middle East correspondent says all the signs from Syria indicate that the government is unlikely to back down.

back down. 放弃;让步;打退堂鼓
例句：I see he has backed down from the position he took last week.
我注意到他放弃了上星期的立场。

5. Proposals put forward at the United Nations for a new international agreement regulating the use of cluster bombs have been rejected in a vote in Geneva, from where Imogen Foulkes reports.

put forward提出
例句：He put forward a plan for the committee to consider.
他提出一项计划交由全体委员审议。

6. But 111 UN member states have already signed up to the Oslo convention banning cluster bombs, and many of them regarded the US proposal as a step backwards.

sign up跟…签订合同
例句：They manage to sign up all the best performers.
他们设法跟所有最佳演员签订合同。

7. It says its security policy is subject to the rule of law and cannot constitute an international crime.

be subject to受支配,从属于,可以…的,常遭受…
例句：The treaty is subject to ratification.
本条约须经批准方可生效。

8. An investigation by the ICC is theoretically possible, but prosecutors would have to decide that crimes against humanity had taken place and that there was no prospect of a proper investigation in Mexico.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

9. Polls have closed in Morocco's parliamentary election - the first vote since King Mohammed introduced constitutional reforms in response to pro-democracy uprisings throughout the Arab world.

in response to对…做出反应
例句：The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.
这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。

10. Correspondents say attention will be focused on the turnout after some pro-reform campaigners urged a boycott.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意; 集中于
例句：Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。