BBC news 2011-12-09 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The ECB has also taken fresh steps to help those banks that are struggling to get the funds they need to operate by making it easier for them to borrow.

take steps采取措施
例句：They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.
他们采取措施阻止流感的传播。

2. Iran has shown video footage of what it says is an unmanned American spy plane brought down recently by its military.

bring down使(某物或某人)掉下〔倒下〕
例句：In American football, you have to try to bring down your opponent.
在美式橄榄球赛中, 你必须设法把对手弄倒在地。

3. Iran says the aircraft was forced to land by what it called an electronic ambush and has accused the US of violating its territory.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

4. Officials at Virginia Tech University in the United States say that two people, including a police officer, have been shot dead on campus and the gunman is still at large.

at large (囚犯)在逃, 逍遥法外
例句：The escaped prisoner is still at large.
那个逃犯仍逍遥法外。

5. I saw the police car sitting there, the unmarked one, and I thought it was responding to a call here because I heard a bunch of sirens coming from the distance.

respond to对…作出反应〔回答〕
例句：The teacher responded affirmatively to the question that student put forward.
老师对那个学生的问题作了肯定的回答。

6. So I kept walking towards his car, thinking like I'll get around it before the rest of the police get here. And then the police pulled up, and they opened his car door, and when they opened it, he just fell out towards the ground.

get around传播, 散播
例句：The story has got around—everyone knows about it.
这事已传开——谁都知道了。
pull up (使)名次提前, 追上
例句：If you study hard, you'll soon pull up your French.
只要你用功, 你的法语水平就会很快提高的。

7. The justice minister said the move was in response to public opinion.

in response to对…做出反应
例句：She laughed in response to his jokes.
他的话引起她大笑。

8. The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has called for elections next year as he attempts to win another term in office.

call for需要; 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。

9. He described Nato as terrorists who had turned Libya into rubble.

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。
turn into(使)变成
例句：Her bitter experience has turned her into a stronger person.
痛苦的经历使她变得更坚强了。

10. Ministers from Bangladesh, Gambia, Mozambique and Nepal stood alongside European counterparts calling on China, India, the US and Brazil to move forwards.

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。