CNN news 2011-06-24 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Officials thought that fire was contained but it flared up again yesterday.

flare up突然燃烧起来
例句：The fire flared up when we thought it was out.
我们以为火已经熄灭, 但它突然又燃烧起来。

2. The company who printed them apologized for the, quote, "human error", and quickly reprinted them.

apologize for为…道歉, 替…道歉
例句：I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.
我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。

3. "Fast and Furious" was supposed to take U.S. agents right to the Mexican drug cartels but here's the problem.

be supposed to 应该,被期望
例句：You are supposed to be smart.
你应该聪明点儿。

4. And some of those firearms turned up at the scene of a shoot-out that killed U.S. Border agent Brian Terry.

turn up翻掘，发掘出；发现，找到
例句：The ploughman turned up some relics of ancient times.
这个农民从土里犁出了些古代遗物。

5. Brian's attention to detail had ensured that all the Christmas gifts he had meticulously selected for his family had already been bought and sent in the mail prior to his arrival.

prior to在…之前
例句：The will was made two days prior to his death.
遗嘱是在他死亡前两天立的。

6. So, Mexico wasn't involved in any part of this to track these guns.

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

7. Thereby, the only way you could find out where these guns went literally were to pick them off dead bodies at crime scenes.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。
pick off摘去
例句：He picked off the burs that had stuck to his overcoat.
他摘下粘在外衣上的刺果。

8. So, there were agents that stepped up and said this is

step up 走上去
例句：The chairman stepped up and declared the meeting open.
主席登上讲台, 宣布开会。

9. There's a Justice Department inspector general's investigation going on.

go on继续做
例句：I don't mean to interrupt. Please go on.
我并不想打断你, 请你继续说。

10. The people in Congress say that's really hard to believe, because this was such an intricate and involved and expensive program to pull off.

pull off胜利完成
例句：I'm sure you will pull off the competition.
我肯定你会赢得这场比赛的胜利。

11. And because, at the time, even though we now looking back on it, say this was absurd, the ATF was really excited about this.

look back回顾,倒退;回顾,追忆
例句：She can look back on her career with great satisfaction.
她回顾自己的经历觉得心满意足。