CNN news 2011-10-13 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The North African nation is dealing with violence worse than it has seen in months. Dozens of people were killed over the weekend, hundreds more were injured.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

2. Its members make up about 9 percent of Egypt`s population. Coptic Christians and the Muslims who support them.

make up组成, 构成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。

3. Instead of going forward, we`ve found ourselves scrambling for security.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。
go forward前进
例句：The building of the dam is going forward without any trouble.
水坝建设工程进展顺利。

4. Well, parts of Mexico are bracing for a hurricane that`s expected to make landfall today.

brace for准备
例句：The villagers braced themselves for a possible flood.
村民们作了可能发生洪水泛滥的防备。

5. It was bearing down on Mexico`s west coast yesterday, and it had strengthened into a category 3 hurricane.

bear down克服；征服；击败，打败；突然袭击；压倒
例句：She bore down everything before her.
她克服了面前一切困难。

6. But a lot of tourists have cleared out ahead of the potential danger.

clear out (使)离开
例句：The police cleared all the people out of the hotel after the bomb threat.
在有人威胁要炸旅馆之后, 警察让所有人离开了旅馆。
ahead of在…之前
例句：She left one day ahead of him.
她是在他离开的前一天离开的。

7. Authorities have warned boaters to watch out for heavy rain, wind and waves.

watch out for当心; 注意
例句：Watch out for cars when you cross the road.
过马路时当心车辆。

8. The event takes place in different cities, and San Francisco`s Fleet Week just wrapped up.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。
wrap up圆满完成; 顺利结束(协议或会议等)
例句：They wrapped up an agreement on Friday.
他们于周五签完协议。

9. That is because a big theme of the week was the 100th birthday of naval aviation, and shows like this one -- this is awesome, look at this -- from the Navy`s Blue Angels flight team, wowed the crowds who came out for the event.

come out拒绝工作, 罢工; 出来
例句：The coal miners have come out for about two weeks.
煤矿工人已罢工约两周了。