BBC news 2011-12-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. And many apologies for failing to bring you our regular news bulletin, but a fire alarm has led to the evacuation of many parts of the building.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

2. The North Korean government has called on citizens to rally behind the son of Kim Jong-il. State media described the son, Kim Jong-un, as the "great successor".

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

3. In other news, Syria has agreed to allow in Arab League monitors as part of a plan to end the violent suppression of anti-government protests.

agree to同意, 赞成, 同意照办
例句：He agreed to our sending Jack to Hong Kong.
他赞成我们把杰克派往香港。

4. An arrest warrant has been issued for the Sunni Vice-President of Iraq, Tariq al-Hashimi, over alleged links to terrorism.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

5. The move comes two days after the Iraqiya political grouping, which represents most of Iraq's Sunnis, pulled out of parliament.

pull out退出; (使)离开
例句：The country is pulling out of inflation.
这个国家正在摆脱通货膨胀的局面。

6. The move is expected to increase the government's food bill by more than $5bn.

be expected to预计
例句：The death toll is expected to rise.
预计死亡人数还会增加。

7. The government's disaster monitoring office said more bodies had been recovered from the ocean and there were still many people missing.

recover from恢复, 痊愈
例句：That country hasn't yet recovered from the effects of the war.
战争结束以来, 那个国家尚未恢复元气。

8. They include Cristiano Doni, the former captain of Atalanta, who's already been banned from football over a previous case.

ban from禁止
例句：They were banned from attending.
禁止他们出席。

9. And the European Union has warned Ukraine that the imprisonment of the opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has delayed an agreement which was supposed to bring Ukraine closer to EU membership.

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。