BBC news 2012-01-10 加文本 讲解翻译

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1. With months to go before the US presidential election, the White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley is stepping down.

step down退休, 辞职
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。

2. The post will be given to Jack Lew, currently in charge of the budget.

in charge of主管，负责
例句：I'll be in charge of the whole factory next week when the director is away.
下周厂长不在时, 我将负责整个工厂。

3. Stepping into his shoes is Jack Lew, the current budget director.

step into干预; 涉足
例句：After graduation John stepped into his father's shoes to become a lawyer.
约翰毕业后便继承了他父亲的衣钵, 当了一名律师。

4. Last week, dozens of Christians were killed by the militant Islamist Boko Haram as gunmen from the group shot at random in churches, at a community centre and a beauty salon.

at random随便地;任意地
例句：Soiled dishes were piled at random.
脏碟子胡乱地堆着。

5. On Monday, a mosque was reportedly attacked in Edo state in the south, injuring 10 people - apparently in response to last week's fatal shootings of Christians.

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。

6. The authorities say one bomb targeted Shia pilgrims while the other went off near a police vehicle in a Shia neighbourhood.

go off响起; 爆炸，发射；动身，
例句：The alarm went off.
警铃骤然响起。

7. The attacks coincide with raised tensions between Iraq's Shia-led government and the main Sunni-backed political group.

coincide with与…一致
例句：My suggestion coincides with your opinion.
我的提议正和你的意见相合。

8. The United States has called on Iran to release an American of Iranian descent who's been sentenced to death in Tehran.

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

9. The man, Amir Mirza Hekmati, was convicted of spying for the CIA and of trying to implicate Iran in terrorism.

convict of宣判(某人)犯有(某罪)
例句：The criminal was convicted of murder.
罪犯被判决犯有谋杀罪。

10. Police in Mexico say they have found 13 bodies piled up at a petrol station in the western state of Michoacan.

pile up (使)成为一堆; 堆积
例句：He piled up fallen leaves in a corner of the yard.
他把落叶堆积在院子一角。