CNN news 2011-04-03 加文本

短语讲解:

1. We thank Mrs. Long's students in Missouri for getting today's show revved up and ready to go.

thank sb for doing sth 感谢某人做某事
例句：Thank you for lending me your car.
谢谢您把车借给了我。

2. And we thank all of you for checking out this Thursday edition of cnn Student News.

check out检查，核对，核实
例句：They checked out all the goods in the store.
他们清点了仓库里的货物。

3. A mission that started with preventing attacks from the air is now focused, not even two weeks later, on destroying targets on the ground.

start with 以…开始
例句：To work out a plan, one has to start with investigation. 
 制定计划要从调查研究入手。
on the ground 当场，在决斗
例句：There's a lot of support for our policies on the ground. 
 我们的政策在一般群众中得到普遍拥护

4. These new aircraft fly low, closer to a target, and shoot machine gun fire instead of dropping thousand-pound bombs.

instead of 而不是，(用…)代替…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。

5. They're designed to fight in and around cities, where rebels are trying to hold off Gadhafi's forces.

hold off 拖延；抵抗
例句：For several days, we held off the attacks of a great number of enemy soldiers.
几天来我们击退了大批敌人的多次进攻。

6. The strategy has shifted, and now the U.S. forces are focused on refueling planes, jamming communication and striking Gadhafi forces.

focus on 致力于，把焦点集中于…
例句：He focused his mind on his lessons.
他把心思集中在功课上。

7. But Colonel Gadhafi's forces have pushed back.

push back 撤退，回到原处
例句：The invaders were pushed back beyond their own country eventually.
入侵者最终被赶回到自己的国境内。