CNN news 2011-10-24 加文本

短语讲解：

1. As we wrap up the week here on cnn Student News, we`re talking about earthquakes and basketball.

wrap up圆满完成; 顺利结束(协议或会议等)；注意力完全集中于…
例句：They wrapped up an agreement on Friday.
他们于周五签完协议。

2. That started as an uprising back in February. Protesters spoke out against Gadhafi. They wanted him out of power.

speak out against公然反对,大胆抗议
例句：The newspapers are afraid to speak out against the government.
报界不敢大胆地讲出反对政府的话。

3. Security forces started fighting with the protesters, and eventually the violence and tension boiled over into an all-out civil war.

boil over到了爆发点
例句：The small argument boiled over into a serious quarrel.
小小的争论酿成一场激烈的争吵。

4. Now Libya`s new leaders will have to figure out how they want to rebuild their country and its government.

figure out计算出; 解决;想出
例句：Could you help me figure out this problem?
你能帮我解决这问题吗?

5. But it was the way he set out to do it that amused, confused and often infuriated.

set out着手, 开始
例句：The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。

6. In 1986, Libyan agents were accused of bombing a Berlin nightclub, killing two Americans and a Turk. U.S. President Ronald Reagan responded by bombing Tripoli, targeting Gadhafi`s house.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：The man was accused of being a spy.
那人被指控是个间谍。

7. Two years later, Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over the tiny village of Lockerbie, Scotland, raining debris and taking 270 lives.

blow up (使)爆炸, 将…炸毁, 毁掉
例句：Our house was blown up in an air raid.
在一次空袭中我们的房子被炸掉了。

8. When Libya refused to turn over the suspects, the U.N. imposed tough sanctions, leaving the country isolated and increasingly destitute.

turn over移交; 交给
例句：The customs officials turned the man over to the French police.
海关官员把那个人移交给了法国警察。

9. He gave up the Lockerbie bombing suspects for trial, and after the U.S. invaded Iraq, he surprised the world by agreeing to destroy all of his chemical, nuclear and biological weapons.

give up放弃;投降，认输; 猜不出
例句：She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。