BBC news 2011-12-03 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Thirty-seven states voted in favour, a council record, and only four - Russia, China, Cuba and Ecuador - voted against.

vote against投票反对
例句：Eight delegates voted against the motion.
八名代表投票反对这一动议。

2. Although the council has no power to impose sanctions on Syria, the resolution has a long list of demands: an immediate end to the violence, the suspension of all members of the security forces suspected of committing violations and the release of political prisoners.

impose on把…加于
例句：The government imposed a heavy tax on luxury goods.
政府对奢侈品课以重税。
suspect of怀疑
例句：The police suspect him of having taken the money.
警察怀疑钱是他偷的。

3. Inside the terminal, one man prayed, others pushed trolleys stacked with suitcases and boxes.

stack with堆放
例句：The room was stacked with old books and magazines.
房间里堆满了旧书和旧杂志。

4. Over the last 24 hours, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have both separately spoken of the need for changes to the EU treaties in order to force governments in the eurozone to follow budget orthodoxy.

speak of谈到, 讲到
例句：They spoke of the old days on the campus.
他们谈起昔日的校园生活。

5. The international court trying the former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has agreed to cut the number of crimes he's facing in order to speed up proceedings.

speed up (使)加快速度
例句：They have speeded up production.
他们加快了生产速度。

6. Ratko Mladic will still be tried on all existing 11 charges against him, which include two of genocide, but the number of specific crimes being considered has been reduced by almost half.

try on试穿;耍花招, 哄骗
例句：It's no use your trying it on with me.
你想骗我是徒劳的。

7. The head of the electoral commission described it proudly as the highest since the time of the pharaohs.

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

8. The rest will go into a run-off next week.

go into进入(某种状态)
例句：He went into a rage when he learned about it.
他听到这事后勃然大怒。

9. The draw has taken place in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for one of football's biggest international tournaments, Euro 2012.

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。