CNN news 2011-04-15 加文本

短语讲解：

1. First up, Japan's prime minister wants some answers from the company that runs the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

prime minister 首相，总理
例句：The prime minister have considerable patronage.
首相有相当大的授予官职和给予荣誉的权利。

2. He's looking for a timetable from the Tokyo Electric Power Company, and he says one should be coming soon.

look for 寻找
例句：Some birds are looking for food.
有些鸟在寻找食物。

3. He's also promised to get this crisis under control "at all costs."

under control 被控制住
例句：The police kept the mob under control.
警察将暴徒制服。
at all costs 不惜任何代价
例句：We must finish the work at all costs before midnight.
无论付出什么样的代价, 我们必须在午夜前完成这项工作。

4. In the meantime, the Japanese government has classified the situation at the Fukushima plant as a level 7.

in the meantime 同时，在此期间
例句：In the meantime you know who to blame .
同时，你也会知道谁是罪魁祸首。

5. That rating is based on how much radiation has been released from the plant, and it means officials expect long-term efforts to deal with all the issues caused by this accident.

be based on 在…的基础上，立足于
例句：We must base ourselves on the interests of the people.
我们一定要从人民的利益出发。
deal with 处理，应付
例句：Deal with a man as he deals with you.
以其人之道, 还治其人之身。

6. We're driving through the exclusion zone en route to Chernobyl.

exclusion zone 禁区，隔离区
en route 在途中，在路上
例句：We stopped for lunch en route to the coast.
我们在去海边的途中停下来吃午饭。

7. Yuri Tatarchuk, who's our certified guide from Ukraine's ministry of emergencies, says the final death toll from the nuclear fallout is impossible to calculate, but that it's less than people feared.

death toll死亡人数
例句：The death toll has risen to 200. 
死亡人数已上升到两百人。

8. This year, the government will remove restrictions to the exclusion zone, turning these Soviet ghost towns into a tourist destination, a chance for people to see for themselves the relics of a nuclear catastrophe frozen in time.

see for oneself 亲自去看，自己去看
例句：If you don't believe what I said, you can go and see for yourself.
如果你不相信我的话, 那你自己去看。
in time 及时，迟早
例句：The doctor came in time to save his life.
医生及时来抢救他的生命。