BBC在线收听下载:英国"通缉令"海报拍出高价

describe as描述为
例句：His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。
take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

2. A member of parliament, Rosa Calipari, demanded to know why the Italians hadn't been involved in the decision-making process from the start.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：She was involved in working out a puzzle.
她在聚精会神地解一道难题。

3. Before the deadline, the Greek government had indicated it was confident of completing a deal with investors that could help it avoid defaulting on its huge debts.

default on拖欠…
例句：He defaulted on his payments for support of the child.
他拖欠孩子的抚养费。

4. An official told the BBC correspondent in Athens that he believed some 80% of private creditors would sign up.

sign up跟…签订合同
例句：They manage to sign up all the best performers.
他们设法跟所有最佳演员签订合同。

5. A government spokesman described the strike action as unethical and urged unemployed or retired health workers to turn up on Friday to be interviewed for jobs.

turn up出现
例句：He didn't turn up until half an hour later.
半小时后他才出现。

6. The United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos says she's concerned to find out what's happened to the people of a ruined district of the Syrian city of Homs.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。
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。

7. She said she was still waiting for the Syrian government to respond to a request to let humanitarian aid in.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
我等车已等了半个小时了。
respond to对…作出反应〔回答〕
例句：The teacher responded affirmatively to the question that student put forward.
老师对那个学生的问题作了肯定的回答。

8. But a BBC correspondent points out that Mr Obama said Washington would take no options off the table in order to stop Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon.

point out指出; 把注意力引向…
例句：Mistakes in the printing should be pointed out at once.
印刷上的错误应立即予以指出。

9. The Pakistani interior minister says the three widows of Osama Bin Laden have been charged with illegally entering and living in Pakistan.

charge with指控…犯有罪
例句：He was falsely charged with robbery.
他被诬告犯有抢劫罪。

10. Several hundreds protesters set off from an Amazon province where a Chinese company has been authorised to develop a huge open-cast copper mine.

set off出发, 动身
例句：He proposed to set off immediately.
他建议立即动身。