BBC news 2011-12-04 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The United States presidential hopeful Herman Cain has in effect withdrawn from the race for the Republican Party nomination for next year's election.

in effect实际上, 事实上
例句：His reply is in effect an apology.
他的答复事实上是一种道歉。
withdraw from (使)离开〔退出〕
例句：Bill's parents withdrew him from school.
比尔的父母亲让比尔退了学。

2. Herman Cain made the announcement at what was supposed to be his new campaign headquarters in Atlanta.

be supposed to应该,被期望
例句：Hobbies are supposed to be relaxing.
业余爱好应该是令人放松的。

3. Perhaps because of that, it has received attention this week from the courts, from state-financed television and even from the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who complained about foreign-funded organisations meddling in the elections.

complain about抱怨, 投诉
例句：He complained about the food.
他抱怨吃得不好。

4. Several people have been injured in the Indian city of Bhopal as police fought with thousands of protesters demanding more compensation for a toxic gas leak on the anniversary of the accident.

demand for要求…
The workers demand for better conditions of work.
工人们要求改善工作条件。

5. Angry protesters clashed with the police after the security forces tried to prevent them from blocking trains passing through Bhopal.

prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。

6. On Friday, they had protested against India's decision to compete in the London Olympics despite sponsorship of the games by Dow Chemicals, which has links to the company behind the leak.

protest against抗议
例句：All local farmers protested against building the new airport on their farm land.
当地农民抗议在他们的农田上建新飞机场。

7. An Arab League committee meeting in Qatar also confirmed the imposition of economic sanctions in response to the Syrian government's violent suppression of unrest.

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。

8. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said a small bomb blast in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad several days ago may have been an attempt to assassinate him.

attempt to试图，企图
He attempted to get in touch with them but without success.
他试图和他们联系, 但未成功。

9. Prime Minister Maliki tried very hard to downplay the significance of this attack, and he assured many times that shouldn't be considered as a sign of weakness of the security forces, but it's definitely embarrassing for Prime Minister Maliki and for the Iraqi authorities who have been saying that the country is under full control of the security forces.

under control处于控制之下; 被控制住
The police kept the mob under control.
警察将暴徒制服。

10. Officials in Germany are preparing to evacuate more than 45,000 people from the city of Koblenz as experts defuse a massive Second World War bomb discovered in the River Rhine.

evacuate from把(某一批人)从(危险的地方)撤离
例句：The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel.
消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。