BBC news 2012-01-16 加文本 讲解翻译

work through (使)逐渐通过〔穿过〕
例句：The rain is working through the roof.
屋顶在漏雨。

2. The correct procedures will be observed, and then we will proceed with identification.

proceed with继续做…
例句：Never mind the interruption; proceed with your story.
不要理睬别人的插话, 继续讲你的故事。

3. The vessel, the Costa Concordia, smashed into rocks off the Italian coast on Friday.

smash into猛撞
例句：A lorry smashed into the tree last night.
昨晚一辆货车撞在了这棵树上。

4. Speaking in Lebanon, Mr Ban said the Arab revolution showed that people no longer accepted tyrannies.

no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：The city's water supply is no longer adequate for its need.
这个城市的供水已不敷需求。

5. The head of UN humanitarian operations in Somalia, Mark Bowden, has told the BBC many more people will die of hunger before the famine there is brought under control.

die of死于
例句：They died of thirst or starvation.
他们渴死或饿死。

6. Elders in the city have told the BBC that six children were killed in the bombing which was apparently carried out by Kenyan military jets.

carry out执行; 贯彻
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。

7. The Kenyan military spokesman told the BBC that he was checking whether Kenyan aircraft were involved in the raid.

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。

8. Despite plentiful sunshine, the Middle East region's solar power production is negligible, compared with that of Europe, China or the United States.

compare with与...相比
例句：I'm afraid my English compares poorly with hers.
恐怕我的英语同她的英语相比要差得多。

9. The probe, Phobos-Grunt, is one of the heaviest and most toxic ever to fall back down to earth although the Russian space agency says most of it will have burnt up on re-entry.

fall back后退, (对方因被击败而)退却
例句：The crowd fell back to let the doctor through.
人群退后让医生走过去。
burn up烧掉，烧尽，烧光，烧毁；耗费，消耗
例句：He burned up all her love letters.
他烧掉了所有她的情书。

10. The spacecraft was launched last November in an ambitious bid to scoop up rocky fragments from a Martian moon and bring them back for study. But it became stranded in Earth's orbit after the launch went wrong.

bring back带回(某人或某物); 还回(某物)
例句：On your way home from your aunt's, will you bring some coffee back?
你从姑母家回来时, 买点儿咖啡带回来好吗?