CNN news 2011-05-24 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Fifteen explosions went off within hours of each other on Sunday.

go off爆炸；(枪炮等)被发射；突然发出响声
例句：He fired but his pistol failed to go off.
他扳动了扳机，但手枪没有发射。

2. It's raising some concerns about whether or not Iraqi security forces would be able to protect their own country.

whether or not是否; 无论
例句：Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather. 
我们是否准时抵达要视气候情况而定。 

3. Britain pulled the last of its combat troops out of Iraq yesterday, and U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Iraq by the start of next year, though Iraqi leaders might ask them to stay longer.

be scheduled to预定，预期；计划做
例句：He is scheduled to leave for London next Monday. 
他预定下星期一动身去伦敦。

4. The areas at the center of that conflict are Gaza and West Bank. Israel took control of these areas in 1967 during the six-day Arab-Israeli War.

take control of控制
例句：It helps men to take control of their physical, mental, and emotional lives. 
它帮助男性调控他们的生理、精神和情感生活。

5. President Obama tried to push for a new start to peace talks at a speech he gave last week. During that speech, he mentioned going back to the pre-1967 war borders, but with exchanges in land that both sides would agree on.

push for急切、强烈地要求, 为…奋力争取
例句：People living near the airport are pushing for new rules about night flight.
住在机场附近的人们正强烈要求制订出夜航班机的新规。
agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事
例句：We agree on the question.
我们在这个问题上意见一致。

6. The idea did not go over well with Israel's prime minister.

go over留下印象，受欢迎
例句：These actors went over very well with the audience.
这些演员深受观众们的欢迎。

7. Part of the reason the U.S. is so involved in what's going on in Israel is that the two countries are very close allies.

be involved in卷入，陷入
例句：He is involved in the scandal.
他卷进了那个丑闻。

8. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was about to leave for the U.S. when President Obama made the announcement that infuriated him.

be about to将要,正打算
例句：They are about to start.
他们快要出发了。
leave for出发去(某地)
例句：We're leaving for Rome next week.
我们下星期要到罗马去。

9. These lines are indefensible because they don't take into account, certain changes that have taken place on the ground, demographic changes that have taken place over the last 44 years.

take into account重视,考虑
例句：He will take into account my request
他会考虑我的要求。

10. After the initial war of words, the White House hoped the meeting would be a time to kiss and make up.

kiss and make up和解, 言归于好
例句：It's great to see you two kiss and make up.
见到你们两个言归于好真是太好了。