BBC news 2014-05-01 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Police have arrested one of northern Ireland's most prominent politicians the Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in connection with a murder that took place  more than 40 years ago.

in connection with 与…有关，连同
例句：How does that ever allow you to advertise in connection with sports?
这样你们就可以做与体育赛事有关的广告了？
more than 不只是; 很; 超过; 在…次以上
例句：America and britain have more than 12.
美国和英国甚至多余多于12个。

2. Clayton Lockett was sentenced to death for shooting a 19 year old woman in 1999 a combination of three drugs shoot have ended his life but the execution was aborted after 20 minutes when he started writhing and shaking on the gurney.

be sentenced to 被判处……
例句：The juvenile can only be sentenced to a maximum three years in jail under indian law.
根据印度法律，那名未成年的犯罪嫌疑人最多只能被判处三年监禁。

3. Lockett subsequently died of a heart attack 43 minutes after his execution began Oklahoma was using a new combination of drugs and the state's governor Mary said an independent review would look into what went wrong and how the system could be improved.

look into 调查; 观察
例句：The Government set up a working party to look into the problem. 
政府成立了工作组调查那个问题. 

4. It says the world is heading to worsened era when people could once again die from common infections and minor injuries because some of the key drugs no longer work.

die from 死于（某种原因，不包括疾病、过度悲伤等）
例句：So what did he die from?
那他是怎么死的？
no longer 不再，已不
例句：You no longer need them.
你不再需要诸多借口。

5. The Central Bank is reducing the ammount spends on buying bonds each month by 10 billion dollars bringing it down to 45 billion dollars.

spend on 把…花在…
例句：How much did you spend on that bad toupee?
你在那个劣质的假发上花了多少钱？
bring down 降（价）; 把（某物，某人）
例句：Family workers bring down costs.
家庭工人降低了成本。