BBC news 2012-01-07 加文本 讲解翻译

短语讲解：

1. A BBC correspondent in New York says that if the employment trend continues, it'll help blunt attempts by President Obama's Republican opponents to discredit his economic stewardship ahead of the presidential election in November.

ahead of在…之前
例句：She left one day ahead of him.
她是在他离开的前一天离开的。

2. The American people, I think, rightly understand that there are still a lot of struggles that people are going through out there.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

3. We're moving in the right direction. We have made real progress. Now is not the time to stop.

make progress前进,进步
例句：The boy has made great progress this year.
这男孩今年进步很大。

4. The Syrian government has blamed terrorists for a suicide bomb attack in Damascus, but the opposition accuses the government of staging it as a diversionary tactic.

blame for因…怪罪, 责怪(某人)
例句：The conductor is blamed for the accident.
售票员因此次意外事故而受到指责。
accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

5. Tens of thousands of Yemenis have once again held street protests to put pressure on President Saleh to honour his agreement to step down next month.

put on强使承担
例句：Why are you trying to put the blame on me?
你为什么总想把责任推到我身上呢?
step down辞职，下台
例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。

6. The slogan for this week's rallies after Friday prayers was for the authorities to release all detainees jailed in connection with the anti-government demonstrations.

in connection with与…有关,连同
例句：He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

7. While they were mourning a loved one and deciding what to do with the corpse, relatives and friends of a person shot on Thursday were also gunned down.

do with处理;对待
例句：What did you do with yourself during the summer holidays?
暑假你是怎样度过的?

8. Earlier this week, Iran issued a warning to the United States: keep your aircraft carrier away from the Gulf.

keep away from (使)不接近; 避开
例句：Children should be kept away from the river.
不要让孩子们靠近这条河。

9. A Tibetan protester has set himself on fire in southwest China - the 13th such protest against the Chinese authorities in 10 months.

set on fire使燃烧
例句：Some sparks from a passing train set the haystack on fire.
一列过往火车迸发出的一些火花点着了干草堆。

10. The flames were put out by Chinese officials, and he was taken away.

put out扑灭; 熄灭
例句：They quickly put out the fire.
他们迅速将火扑灭。
take away把…带走; 使离开
例句：They took the injured away in an ambulance.
他们用救护车把受伤的人运走。