CNN news 2011-12-29 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Thanks, Ali. We begin tonight "Keeping Them Honest" with a race against time, a race between a government that says it is abiding by an agreement to end months of bloody conflict and opposition forces which say that is a flat-out lie.

abide by遵守, 信守
例句：You must abide by what you have said.
你说话要算数。

2. Caught in the middle, hundreds of civilians pleading for the international community, including the United States, to step in and stop a massacre.

step in干涉, 介入
例句：The police are reluctant to step in.
警察不愿插手干预。

3. Although no journalists are being allowed in, these are the videos coming out of Syria tonight, reportedly showing tanks, snipers and artillery units pounding away at neighborhoods, surrounded by thousands of troops.

come out出来；出现
例句：The stars came out as soon as it was dark.
天一黑星星就出来了。

4. All this while simultaneously observers from the Arab League are arriving in Damascus to verify that President Bashar al-Assad is keeping his promise to dial back the violence, start talks with the opposition and let aid workers lend a hand.

lend a hand帮助
例句：They gave up their holiday to lend a hand in the work.
他们放弃了假日来帮助进行这项工作。

5. You may want to turn away but it underscores the sharp contrast between the two different versions of what is going on here.

turn away拒绝
例句：The boss turned away our request for a pay rise.
老板拒绝了我们要求加薪的请求。

6. His own people as Anderson found out from a rare western reporter who managed to sneak into the country, his own people knew better even as he said that.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。

7. I was watching an Assad interview, and I was laughing at the same time, screaming at the television, because of course what's happening there is absolutely undeniable.

laugh at嘲笑, 取笑
例句：The foolish boy was laughed at wherever he went.
这个愚蠢的男孩不论走到哪里都受到讥笑。

8. The members are at least expected to go to Homs tomorrow.

be expected to预计
例句：The death toll is expected to rise.
预计死亡人数还会增加。

9. We don't know if they will but the opposition puts little stock in the Arab League and is calling for action from the U.N. including military protection, if they can get it.

call for需要; 要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。