BBC news 2015-03-18 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The indications now are the bad strategy has paid off.

pay off 付清; （付清工资后）解雇; <非正>取得成功; 使得益
例句：You must pay off the mortgage this year. 
你今年必须归还抵押借款。

2. Samiullah Afridi was one of 4 lawyers representing Dr. Shakil Afridi, who played a role in helping the United States to the find the Al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan four years ago.

play a role in 在…起作用
例句：Governments must play a role in diminishing corruption. 
政府必须在减少腐败中起作用。 

3. According to local media reports, he later died in hospital.

according to 根据
例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon. 
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。 

4. Syrian state media says the country's air defence has brought down a U.S. drone.

bring down 降（价）; 把（某物，某人）抬下
例句：First bring down his temperature. 
先给他退热再说。 

5. They have not only a moral responsibility and political responsibility, but also things will get out of hands here.

not only... but (also) 不但....而且...
例句：These not only help in presentation but also help orient users. 
这不仅有助于表达，而且可以帮助使用者在创建时更好地定位。 

6. The bill, proposed by President Petro Poroshenko, will come into force after the local elections, monitored by international observers, are held in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

come into force 开始生效
例句：When do the new safety rules come into force? 
新的安全规则何时生效? 

7. People living on one island in Vanuatu have told the BBC they've been forced to drink salt water following last week's devastating cyclone, and are also running out of food.

run out of 用完; 耗尽
例句：The aircraft will run out of fuel in another hour. 
飞机再过一小时燃料就将用完。 

8. Vanuatu has more than 60 inhabited islands, and many of them remain cut off.

cut off 切除
例句：The floods have cut off our supplies. 
洪水切断了我们的供应。