CNN news 2011-04-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The windows broke out.
break out 打破
例句：They broke the windows out to escape from the fire.
他们把窗户打破，安全逃出了大火。

2. But Mansour Kan says that's completely ridiculous and in fact, just in the last couple of hours he has sent me an e-mail saying he's planning to sue Mortenson for making after all a rather defamatory statement about him.

in fact 事实上，实际上
例句：In fact, he has gone abroad.
事实上他出国了。
sue for 控告
例句：The company intends to sue for damages.
公司打算提起索赔之诉。

3. What is reassuring and important is that the leaders of both parties in Congress as well as the President, of course, agree that the debt ceiling will be raised.

as well as 也，又，和
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days. 
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。

4. Concurrently, we, as the President urged, will be engaged in bipartisan negotiations aimed at reducing our deficit, cutting spending, and taking other measures to reduce our deficit.

be engaged in 从事，致力于，参与
例句：She was engaged in protecting wild birds. 
她致力于保护野生鸟类的工作。
take measures 采取措施
例句：The government is urged to take measures to combat the spread of aids. 
人们敦促政府采取措施以防止爱滋病的传播。