CNN news 2011-12-12 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Next up, some people are asking for new parliamentary elections in Russia.

ask for请求…, 要求…
例句：We often asked the veteran workers for advice.
我们常常向老工人求教。

2. The protesters are angry about the election results, and a lot of their anger is directed at the man at the right of your screen here.

direct at旨在于
例句：The system is directed at providing help for old people.
这项制度旨在为老人提供帮助。

3. Yesterday the first charter flight took off from Atlanta to Havana.

take off (飞机)起飞
例句：The plane will take off soon.
飞机马上就要起飞了。

4. The rules also apply to anyone who works in the medical or agricultural industries, or who is traveling for educational or religious activities.

apply to适用于
例句：The law applied to all persons.
这项法律适用于所有人。

5. They`re coming back from serving in Iraq.

come back回来
例句：I'm going away and I may never come back.
我要走了, 可能永远不再回来。

6. And we`ve reported on how the U.S. is on schedule to pull nearly all of its troops out of Iraq by the end of this year, but not all those troops are going.

report on报道…, 就…作报告
例句：At the end of every term a schoolmaster reports on each of his pupils.
每学期结束时, 教员都要报告每位学生的情况。
on schedule按时间表, 准时
例句：I have accomplished the task on schedule.
我按时完成了任务。
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。

7. Michael Holmes walks us through some of the details as America`s military involvement in Iraq winds down.

wind down使逐步缩减(以便结束)；逐步结束，趋于尾声
例句：We should not wind down our business in Shanghai.
我们不该逐渐结束在上海的生意。

8. The Americans will hand over the keys, so to speak, to the Iraqis.

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。

9. At the end of the day, I think there`s going to be a lot of relieved people that it`s over, in both the United States and in Iraq, and in all the other countries who`ve taken part in this war.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。