CNN news 2011-11-29 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Citizens there have been protesting against their government for months now, and Syrian military forces have cracked down on the protesters.

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。
crack down on采取严厉措施, 制裁
例句：The police are really beginning to crack down on drivers who park their cars just where they like.
警察真要对那些随便停放汽车的司机采取严厉措施了。

2. Parliamentary elections are scheduled to start today, and the new parliament will decide whether to keep the new prime minister or not.

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

3. Many people are calling this an extension of the previous revolution that brought down Hosni Mubarak, those protests in January and February that helped force out the former president.

bring down击败…
例句：At the next vote, we must try to bring down the government.
下次选举时, 我们一定设法击败政府。
force out把…赶走, 挤掉; 迫使离开, 屈服
例句：Competition has forced out many small firms.
竞争挤垮了许多小公司。

4. But part of the anger here is directed against the ruling military council that replaced him.

direct against把…对准
例句：They directed all the guns against the fort.
他们把所有的炮都对准那个要塞。

5. The U.S. is scheduled to pull all of its troops out of Iraq by the end of this year.

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。

6. He`s going to explain the process that those men and women will go through on their way home.

go through经历
例句：The country has gone through too many wars.
这个国家经历了太多的战争。

7. Most of these soldiers should spend about five to eight days here as they wait for the flights to return to the States, time to decompress, time to do the paperwork and time to do a lot of packing.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：He is waiting for something good to turn up.
他正期待着情况好转。