CNN news 2011-10-26 加文本

短语讲解：

1. The rescue workers and survivors are having to deal with temperatures that are near freezing.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

2. If you go to the Spotlight section on our home page, cnnstudentnews.com, and click the "Impact Your World" link, you`ll find information on the relief organizations that are already working in Turkey, and you`ll find information about how you can make a difference for the victims of this natural disaster.

make a difference有影响，有关系
例句：Will the rice I donate make a difference?
我捐的大米管用吗？

3. Many Tunisians waited hours to vote. cnn`s Ivan Watson caught up with one, who explained that the freedom to choose his own leaders was more important than the long lines.

catch up with追上, 赶上
例句：You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
你往前走吧, 我一会儿就赶上你了。

4. Tunisia`s holding elections because a revolt there threw the long-time ruler out of power.

throw out拒绝; 否决
例句：The case was thrown out of court because of insufficient evidence.
由于证据不足, 法庭对此案不予受理。

5. The Arab Spring has changed the political landscape in the Middle East, but it`s also come at a heavy economic cost.

come at袭击, 威胁; 找到, 得到, 弄明白
例句：The purpose of the official inquiry was to come at the true facts of the event.
官方调查的目的是想得到那次事件的真相。

6. The worst affected countries, including Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, have stacked losses of nearly $56 billion in terms of income and extra spending.

in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句：He thought of everything in terms of money.
他是从钱的角度来看每一件事。