CNN news 2011-10-19 加文本

短语讲解：

1. People there have been protesting against their country`s government for months.

protest against抗议
例句：All local farmers protested against building the new airport on their farm land.
当地农民抗议在他们的农田上建新飞机场。

2. They called on people to donate blood.

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

3. The fear now is that today`s attack against -- the sniper attack against one woman, who was killed (inaudible) is really an escalation and it`s a sign that the government security forces will not release -- stop shooting, even if there are women, because culturally woman, you know, may have been beaten, arrested at times, but never directly shot at.

shoot at向…射击〔开枪等〕
例句：They were shooting at a target.
他们在向一个目标射击。

4. NN has not independently confirmed the details of the reported violence in Sanaa or Taiz, nor has the government responded to our requests for comment.

respond to对…作出反应〔回答〕
例句：The teacher responded affirmatively to the question that student put forward.
老师对那个学生的问题作了肯定的回答。

5. The protesters remain determined, promising they`ll continue their peaceful revolution despite any threats or dangers they may face, vowing to keep flooding the streets until the reign of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has come to an end -- Mohammed Jamjoom, cnn, Abu Dhabi.

come to an end结束,终止
例句：All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。

6. They demanded that the United Nations get involved in the situation, and they said they want President Saleh to be tried by the international criminal court.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.
那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动。

7. Nothing, though, like what it`s going through right now.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

8. Roads were washed away in some spots, making it hard to get help to the victims.

wash away冲走, 清洗
例句：She washed away the stains.
她洗去了污迹。