CNN news 2011-11-07 加文本

短语讲解：

1. But the G-20 had to scramble and hold an emergency meeting after Greece`s prime minister announced Tuesday he wants his citizens to vote on whether or not they want the European bailout.

whether or not无论, 是否
例句：Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather. 
我们是否准时抵达要视气候情况而定。

2. And they got together, actually, to talk about what was then the oil crisis that was going on and to have a bit of a confab about it.

go on继续下去
例句：If he goes on like this he'll lose his job.
如果他继续这样下去,他会丢掉差事的。

3. And then a little bit later on, Russia came along and was admitted.

come along出现, 发生
例句：These troubles came along all at the same time that I was at a loss.
这些麻烦突然一起发生, 使我不知所措。

4. A lot of the more extreme protesters blame the members of the G-8 for pretty much all of the world`s ills, from debt and poverty in Africa, all the way through to global warming.

blame for因…怪罪, 责怪(某人)
例句：The conductor is blamed for the accident.
售票员因此次意外事故而受到指责。

5. And they show up pretty much to make their voices heard, and say that it`s an anachronistic group, an elite group that, actually, far from solving some of the world`s problems, is causing a lot of the world`s problems.

show up到场, 出席,如约赶到,出现,露面
例句：He promised to come on Tuesday but he never showed up.
他答应星期二来, 可是一直未露面。

6. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is scheduled to be at the G-20 meeting today.

be scheduled to排定, 安排
例句：The delegation is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
代表团定于明日到达。

7. Different militias who fought against former leader Moammar Gadhafi`s troops are now facing off against each other.

fight against与…作斗争〔争吵〕; 反对…
例句：We will have to fight against difficulties.
我们将不得不同困难作斗争。
face off与对手对抗，对峙
He wants to face off his opponent during the match.
他要在这场比赛中与对手对抗。

8. Yesterday a group of lawmakers released a plan aimed at saving the Postal Service.

aim at (以…)瞄准; 针对, 以…为目标
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。

9. It would close some post offices, cancel Saturday mail delivery and let the Postal Service buy out thousands of employees, meaning they`d give them some money to leave their jobs.

buy out买下…全部股票(或产权、商品等)；出钱使(某人)放弃职位(或财产)
例句：Large companies can easily buy out the shareholders of small companies.
大公司可以很轻易地买下小分司的全部股份。

10. These ideas have come up before.

come up提及；被提出
例句：The project came up in their conversation.
他们在谈话中提到了这项工程。