CNN news 2011-11-20 加文本

短语讲解：

1. During a speech to tribal elders on Wednesday, Karzai complained about NATO.

complain about抱怨, 投诉
例句：He never complained about working overtime.
他从来不因加班而抱怨。

2. NATO is trying to include the Afghan military in more of its operations, and as Nick Paton Walsh reports, more areas are being turned over to Afghan control.

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。

3. The next regions to be handed over will soon be announced by President Hamid Karzai.

hand over让与, 移交;送交
例句：They were handed over to a military tribunal for trial.
他们已被交给军事法庭审判。

4. But that`s because the Americans are there in force.

in force大批地, 大规模地
例句：The enemy is in force behind the hill.
敌人在山后集结了大量兵力。

5. France has removed its ambassador from Syria.

remove from从…中移开〔拿走, 除掉〕
例句：She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。

6. Turkey is threatening to cut off power supplies.

cut off切断，截断；停止
例句：Our water supply has been cut off again.
我们的供水又被切断。

7. All of this is because of Syria`s violent crackdown on people who are protesting against the Syrian government.

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。

8. Officials from the group said this was because Syria`s president, Bashar al-Assad, didn`t keep his promises to pull troops out of some areas and give journalists access inside of Syria.

pull out退出
例句：The invading troops are pulling out of the occupied area under international supervision.
入侵部队正在国际监督下撤出占领区。

9. The committee`s goal is to come up with a plan to reduce the country`s deficit.

come up with (针对问题等)想出;提供
例句：He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一个推广产品的好方法。

10. Whatever recommend the committee comes up with, Congress has until December 23rd to vote on it, and no one can change the recommendation by the committee, or try to block the vote.

vote on对…进行表决
例句：The chairman asked us to vote on the plan.
主席要我们对计划进行表决。