BBC news 2011-11-27 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The announcement comes just days after Yemen's veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh finally signed a deal to stand down after many months of mass protests demanding he leave.

stand down退出竞赛(或竞选)；(从高职位)退下
例句：John stood down during the competition for pulling his muscle.
约翰因肌肉拉伤而中途退出了比赛。

2. But those protests haven't stopped, with tens of thousands back on the streets on Friday expressing their concern that Mr Saleh's inner circle might still hold on to power.

hold on继续;坚持;保持
例句：The speaker held on for a full hour.
演讲的人讲了整整一个小时。

3. The Colombian Minister of Defence Juan Carlos Pinzon described it as cold-blooded murder.

describe as描述为
例句：His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。

4. The Colombian military had been closing in on the Farc rebels that were guarding the hostages in the southern region of Caqueta.

close in逼近, 迫近(尤指为了包围或进攻), 围拢
例句：The enemy is closing in on the city.
敌军正逼近这座城市。

5. The leader of the moderate Islamist party which has won the most seats in Morocco's parliamentary election says that he is open to everyone when it comes to forming a coalition government.

when it comes to当提到……；当谈到……；当涉及到……
例句：She is lazy when it comes to schoolwork.
她一做作业就偷懒。

6. Abdelilah Benkirane said that the Justice and Development Party's programme for government would focus on democracy and good governance.

focus on集中于
例句：We're going to focus on the relationship between freedom and necessity.
我们将集中讨论自由和必要性之间的关系这一问题。

7. Under a new constitution introduced after protests inspired by the Arab Spring, King Mohammed is obliged to choose a prime minister from the largest party in parliament.

be obliged to不得不
例句：She is obliged to abandon her idea of trying again.
她不得不放弃再试一次的想法。

8. An Atlas rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It's equipped with a suite of sophisticated instruments and tools to investigate whether life ever existed on the red planet.

take off起飞
例句：The plane will take off soon.飞机很快就要起飞。
equip with装备，配备
例句：The car is equipped with air conditioning.
那辆车装有空调设备。

9. Police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters after clashes broke out in the capital Kinshasa.

break out (战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然发生, 爆发
例句：The Second World War broke out in September 1939.
第二次世界大战爆发于1939年9月。

10. One man is said to have been killed as rocks were hurled back and forth.

back and forth来回地
例句：The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.
风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。