CNN news 2011-12-15 加文本

短语讲解：

1. If you missed it, you don`t have to wait too long for a repeat performance.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
我等车已等了半个小时了。

2. Earlier on Saturday, volunteers worked on a project called "Wreaths Across America."

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

3. Volunteers get together and lay holiday wreaths on the headstones at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, and in more than 500 other cemeteries around the United States and overseas.

get together集合，聚集; 聚会; 联欢
例句：He got them together to talk matters over.
他把他们召集一块儿来商量事情。

4. A weekend at a protest march outside the climate change conference, activists rallied for deals to be signed that would limit carbon emissions to less dangerous levels.

limit to (把…)限制在…, 局限于…
例句：We must limit the expenses to $100 a month.
我们必须把开支限制在每月100美元。

5. They`ve been locked up in meeting rooms in the conference hall. And now they`ve come to a decision.

lock up将…锁住〔关押〕
例句：They have locked the prisoners up in their cell.
他们已把犯人监禁在小牢房里。
come to到达; 达成
例句：After much talk they came to an agreement.
经过多次商谈, 他们达成了协议。

6. For the first time, the world`s biggest polluters have signed up to a global pact on climate change.

sign up跟…签订合同
例句：They manage to sign up all the best performers.
他们设法跟所有最佳演员签订合同。

7. First of all, we`re committed to getting a long-term overarching agreement in place by 2015, which will kick in by 2020.

commit to对…作出承诺, 承担义务, 担负责任; 使(自己)致力于…
例句：He has committed himself to the cause of education.
他已决心献身教育事业。
kick in缴付
例句：We all agreed to kick in 10％ of the cost.
我们都同意负担百分之十的费用。

8. And progress was made on creating a green climate fund to channel around $100 billion to vulnerable nations to help them deal with the impact of climate change.

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。

9. Up until the last minute, there was -- there was every reason to think it could well have fallen apart.

fall apart脱离关系，关系破裂; 散开, 崩溃, 破碎
例句：We used to be good friends, but fell apart about a year ago.
我们过去曾经是好朋友，但一年前关系破裂了。

10. We`re going to wrap things up with some lighthearted humor today.

wrap up圆满完成; 顺利结束(协议或会议等)
例句：The whole thing has been wrapped up.
整个事情已成定局。