CNN news 2012-02-25 加文本

pay tribute to称赞, 歌颂
例句：We must pay tribute to all those who helped make this a free country.
我们必须称颂那些为使这个国家成为自由之邦而出力的人。

2. She compared the violence in Syria to some of the other conflicts she`d reported on.

compare to与…相比
例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。
report on报道…, 就…作报告
例句：Jim has been sent to Iran to report on the situation there.
吉姆已被派往伊朗报道那里的局势。

3. You can sort of figure out where snipers, but you can`t figure out where -- you know, where a shell is going to land.

figure out计算出; 解决;想出
例句：Could you help me figure out this problem?
你能帮我解决这问题吗?

4. Military officials say the Qurans were burned by mistake, and not because of any decision about Islam.

by mistake错误地
例句：She put salt into her tea by mistake.
她误把盐放进茶里去了。

5. One official says some of the material was removed from a detainee center at the American base because of inscriptions, indicating, the official says, that the documents may have used to facilitate extremist messages.

remove from从…中移开〔拿走, 除掉〕
例句：She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。

6. U.S. military officials apologize for what they call an error, but experts say even an accidental mishandling of the Quran is dangerous.

apologize for为…道歉, 替…道歉
例句：I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.
我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。

7. He says an understanding of these protests and other violence associated with reports of the Quran being desecrated has to involve an understanding of how the book is viewed in the Muslim world.

associate with与…交往, 联系
例句：Foreigners always associate China with the Great Wall.
外国人总是把中国和长城联系在一起。

8. Akbar Ahmed says the Quran is so revered, that the only time Muslims really pick it up is around the time of prayer, and before that, hands should be washed from hands to elbow, face three times, and the feet.

pick up拾起, 捡起; 抬起
例句：I would have picked it up if I had noticed it.
我如果看见的话, 我早就把它拣起来了。

9. That`s to keep physical purity, Ahmed says, on par with the spiritual purity of the Quran.

on par with与……势均力敌，不分上下, 平分秋色
例句：Jack was on a par with John in their company.
杰克与约翰在公司中的地位相等。

10. You`re never supposed to dispose of them in any way. Is that right?

dispose of将(某物)处理掉
例句：He doesn't know how to dispose of his spare time.
他不知如何打发空余时间。