CNN news 2011-04-04 加文本

短语讲解：

1. This morning at 6 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, 12 days after the launch of the military action in Libya, NATO took sole command of international air operations over Libya.

take command of 指挥，控制
例句：When the major was killed, the captain took command of the company.
少校阵亡后, 上尉指挥全连。

2. The alliance effort dubbed Operation Unified Protector has assets in place and is now leading efforts to enforce the arms embargo and the no-fly zone, and to protect Libyan civilians.

in place 在恰当的位置
例句：They put in place the tools of my new business.
他们把我干这一新行当所需要的用具安放得井井有条。
lead to 把…带到，领到
例句：The bell-boy led us to our rooms.
旅馆服务员把我们带到了我们的房间。
导致，引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

3. It turns how I got there, obviously the situation in Japan is what they just happened, travelled across the jet streams across the Pacific ocean and landed on our shores.

land on 在…登陆，落到…上
例句：I'll undertake to land them on our coast.
我负责使他们在我们的海岸登陆。

4. United States calls on all parties to exercise restraint and to make the protection of civilians their highest priority.

call on 呼吁，号召
例句：The government called on the workers to oppose waste.
政府号召工人反对浪费。