BBC news 2013-02-06 加文本

1. The Prime Minister David Cameron is very much in the latter group but the prime minister has had to pay a heavy price with around half of his own MPs voting against the bill.

very much 非常
例句：Nice to see you.thank you very much.
很高兴见到你。非常感谢你。

2. A report by an expert panel in Ireland has concluded that the state sent thousands of women to work unpaid in industrial laundries ran by the Catholic Church.

thousands of 数以千计
例句：Thousands of young people are learning to ski.
数以千计的年轻人在学习滑雪。

3. The Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny apologized for the conditions endured by the women who over decades were forced to do washing and ironing in workhouses known as the Magdalene Laundries.

known as 被称为
例句：It is known as catalytic cracking.
这就是所谓的催化裂化。

4. The vote has been moved from May to July because of what the commission called operational difficulties.

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？