CNN news 2010-06-05 加文本

1.Oil spill, Day 42 of this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Still there is no end in sight for this crisis.

in sight看得见,在视线内

例句：When angry, he cursed everyone in sight.
      他生气的时候见谁骂谁。

2.Remember that effort top kill we've been keeping our eye on for the last couple of days, well, that effort to plug the leak now under way as we learn over the weekend that the top kill has failed.

keep eye on密切关注

例句：Please keep an eye on the baby for me.
      请给我照看一下这婴孩。

3.Now BP has long conceded that the only permanent solution is to drill a relief well that will choke off the flow.

choke off中止做; 使放弃做

例句：They'd ruthlessly choked off all opposition to their plans.
       他们无情地把反对他们的方案都压制下去了。

      It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.
      那是一件吃力不讨好的事情, 所以我们很快就不让他做了。

4.It's going to have to make a second cut in order to get rid of all of that.

get rid of除掉, 去掉；摆脱

例句：It is difficult to get rid of insects.
      除掉虫子可不容易。

      How to get rid of these things is a big problem.
      如何清除这些东西是个大问题。