BBC news 2012-01-21 加文本 讲解翻译

take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

2. The militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has carried out attacks across northern Nigeria in recent months, says it was behind the latest bombings.

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。

3. I am in greater sympathy with what happened to the French soldiers.

be in sympathy with赞同，同情
例句：We are in sympathy with his misfortune.
我们对他的不幸表示同情。
happen to发生在…身上
例句：An odd thing happened to him this morning.
他今天早晨遇到一件怪事。

4. Three British Muslim men have been found guilty of stirring up hatred against homosexuals.

stir up引起; 激起
例句：Don't stir up trouble between them.
不要在他们之间惹麻烦。

5. They distributed leaflets which argued that the death penalty was justified to rid society of gay men and women.

rid of除去
例句：They swore that they would rid the country of its military rulers.
他们发誓要为国家除掉军事统治者。

6. Eighteen months ago, Kabir Ahmed, Razwan Javed and Ihjaz Ali had handed out leaflets outside the Jamia Mosque in Derby and put them through letterboxes in the surrounding streets.

hand out分发, 发给, 散发
例句：Please hand out the reading materials to the students.
请把这些阅读材料分发给学生。

7. At Derby Crown Court, a jury found all three guilty - the first people to be convicted of stirring up hatred on the grounds of someone's sexual orientation.

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。

8. Press TV has responded by accusing Britain of censorship.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

9. The United Nations has warned of worsening humanitarian problems in South Sudan as a result of ethnic violence.

warn of发出关于…的警告
例句：The weather station warned of severe snowfalls ahead.
气象台预报将有大雪。

10. The question of how to stop people illegally copying and sharing films, TV shows and music online is one which US lawmakers have been grappling with for some time.

grapple with  努力应付困境(或解决难题)
例句：I’ve spent all afternoon grappling with these accounts.
我用了整整一下午处理这些账目。