CNN news 2012-01-20 加文本

hand out分发, 发给, 散发
例句：Have you handed out the Christmas gifts?
圣诞礼物都分发出去了吗?

2. Governor Barbour said the pardons were intended to help those people find jobs or to register to vote.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...
例句：He intends his son to manage the company.
他打算让他儿子经营该公司。

3. They`re supposed to contact prison officials every day, but four of them took off.

take off (使)离开
例句：The director has taken the visitors off to his office.
经理把客人带到他办公室去了。

4. A state official said they may start a manhunt to track them down.

track down追捕到, 追查出
例句：The criminal was tracked down and knocked off by the police.
那个罪犯被警察追到后逮捕起来了。

5. What we`re asking on our blog is this: what factors should a president or governor take into account when considering giving someone a pardon?

take into account考虑到;体谅
例句：They had to take the baby into account when they wanted to go out.
每当要外出时,他们总得考虑如何将婴孩安顿好。

6. This is Haiti, which takes up about one-third of the island of Hispaniola.

take up占用;化去
例句：The work took up all his time.
那工作花费了他所有的时间。

7. Isolated cases of cholera turned into a national epidemic.

turn into (使)变成
例句：Her bitter experience has turned her into a stronger person.
痛苦的经历使她变得更坚强了。

8. Following up on a story we first reported on Monday, a cargo ship that ran aground near New Zealand had split in two.

run aground (船)搁浅；受阻
例句：Our ship ran aground in the fog.
我们的船在雾中搁浅了。

9. Officials were concerned that the thing could lead to a new oil spill.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

10. Hundreds of containers have gone overboard; some debris from the ship washed up on a local beach earlier this week.

wash up将…冲上岸
例句：A lot of rubbish was washed up by the high tide.
涨潮把许多垃圾冲上了岸。