CNN news 2011-06-22 加文本

短语讲解：

1. We're heading north into the remote hills for a glimpse of Afghanistan's future.

a glimpse of瞥见，一见

例句：She catches a glimpse of a car in the distance.

她一眼就瞥见了远处的汽车。

2. The war here in Badakshan is not against the Taliban, but against a business so profitable, growing so fast, many worry it's Afghanistan's only option when the West pulls its troops and money out ，opium.

pull out (使)离开

例句：The country is pulling out of inflation.

这个国家正在摆脱通货膨胀的局面。

3. With an Afghan task force racing through the valleys to disrupt this year's harvest, for a while, NATO let opium growers be, focusing on the surge against the Taliban.

for a while暂时, 一会儿

例句：We are off for a while.

我们要离开一会儿。

focus on集中于，致力于

例句：Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.

今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

4. But here it's expanding faster than anywhere in the country and risks getting out of control.

get out of停止; 改掉; 戒掉; 脱离, 摆脱, 克服; 避免做某事

例句：He has already got out of danger.

他已脱险。

5. We can definitely see a record profit of this harvest, meaning that those who benefit the most, the traders, which are not necessarily always the insurgents, will have a big incentive to continue the conflict to make sure that the opium business, as well, can continue to provide the huge profits we witness today.

make sure确保,确定

例句：Go and make sure of the place and time.

去把时间和地点弄清楚。

6. But here, it wipes out the livelihoods of people who have nothing, creating enemies where before life was simple.

wipe out彻底摧毁, 消灭

例句：The earthquake wiped out the whole town.

那次地震毁掉了整个城镇。

7. The villagers who huddle on a roof, mourning their lost crop. It's not safe to approach, the police say, who have come prepared in case the overlords behind this $1.5 business take issue.

in case免得, 以防

例句：Keep the window closed in case it rains.

把窗户关好, 以防下雨。

take issue采取反对立场, 持反对意见, 不同意

例句：I really have to take issue with you on the ways to promote sales. 

在促销方法上我确实同您有分歧。 

8. We grow poppy because of poverty.

because of因为, 由于

例句：It was because of the job that he had taken the flat.

他因为工作的原因租了那套公寓。

9. The war funds about two-thirds of the economy. And when NATO's money dries up, it will have to be replaced with something.

dry up枯竭; 用光, 耗尽

例句：Our sources of information have dried up.

我们的信息来源枯竭了。

replace with用…代替

例句：We've replaced the old machine with a computer.

我们用电脑取代了那台旧机器。

10. Here, far away from the war, growing opium is a simple economical argument，the easiest and often the only money to be made.

far away from远离

例句：He lives far away from us.

他住的地方离我们很远。