BBC news 2011-12-18 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The Iraqis are trying to seek agreement based on peace proposals made by the Arab League.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

2. It calls for an immediate halt to violence, the withdrawal of the military from the streets, the release of prisoners and the deployment of hundreds of outside observers to monitor the peace.

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。

3. The alliance wanted its trainers to be immune from prosecution under Iraqi laws, but the government wouldn't accept that.

be immune from不受…的影响; 免除
例句：Being the only son in the family, the young man was immune from military service.
由于是独子, 那个年轻人被免于服兵役。

4. Television crews were also caught up in the clashes.

catch up赶上; 缠住; 抓住
例句：It seemed that she was always caught up in the household.
看来她总是家务缠身。

5. Soldiers are reported to have thrown equipment belonging to al-Jazeera television from a balcony overlooking Tahrir Square.

belong to属于
例句：Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。

6. Naval vessels with search lights are searching for survivors in an area of the southern Philippines where devastating overnight floods killed more than 400 people.

search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。

7. An army spokesman said whole villages have been swept out to sea.

sweep out清扫, 扫掉
例句：This room needs to be well swept out.
这个房间需要好好清扫一番。

8. A military spokesman said an entire army division of about 10,000 soldiers was involved in rescue work around the port of Cagayan de Oro. It's there and in Iligan - further along the coast - that most of the casualties have been reported so far.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.
那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动。

9. The British government has told Uruguay it's worried about a decision to ban ships flying the flag of the Falkland Islands - the British territory in the South Atlantic.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句：He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。

10. The track Sodade, describing the longing for the homeland, became her best-known hit.

long for渴望; 羡慕
例句：He has been longing for her ever since she left.
自她走后, 他一直在想念她。