BBC news 2013-02-09 加文本

1. European leaders say they’ve agreed to cut the EU’s long-term budget for the first time since the union was created.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：Well, I think we can agree to that.
这样的话，我想我们可以接受了。

2. His wife, father and young daughter sat at the foot of his coffin.

at the foot of 在…的底部
例句：Their village lies at the foot of the mountain.
他们的村子位于山脚下。

3. The leader of an Amish sect in the American state of Ohio has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for organising hair and beard cutting attacks on other Amish communities.

be sentenced to 被判处
例句：If convicted, he could be sentenced to death.
一旦罪名成立，他可能获判死刑。

4. The attack was deeply humiliating for the victims because Amish men and women are expected to grow their hair to show religious observance.

be expected to 被期待做某事
例句：You'll be expected to justify your actions.
你将需要为你的行为提供正当的理由。

5. A former American ambassador to Mali has said that France paid ransom money to free hostages which ended up funding the Islamist group that’s now fighting in Mali.

end up （以…）结束
例句：How did you end up in spain?
你在西班牙是怎么结束的？

6. Scuffles have broken out in the Georgian capital Tbilisi as opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili tried to prevent his annual state-of- the-nation address.

break out 突然发生，爆发
例句：It appears as if a war will break out.
看来一场战争似即将爆发。

7. President Saakashvili expressed concern and regret over the chaos and violence which prevented him from making his state-of-the-nation address, saying that what happened today is not the path which will lead Georgia to EU membership, one of the country’s main foreign policy objectives.

prevent from 阻止， 防止
例句：The bad weather prevent from the military action.
坏天气妨碍了军事行动。