CNN news 2012-03-15 加文本
1. This is in response to reports that more than 100 Syrians were killed on Sunday.
in response to对…做出反应
例句:The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.
这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。
2. That is why you hear so much about the violence in Syria.
hear about得悉, 听说
例句:Have you ever heard about the movie?
你听说过这部电影吗?
3. This violence has been going on for a year.
go on继续下去
例句:If he goes on like this he'll lose his job.
如果他继续这样下去,他会丢掉差事的。
4. Another crisis happening in the world, one we reported on last fall, involves Joseph Kony and a violent military group in Uganda.
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。
5. A 30- minute video gone viral online has achieved what policymakers and activists have failed to do: make more people care about the atrocities of a bizarre cult called the Lord`s Resistance Army, or LRA, seeking to overthrow the Ugandan government.
care about担心, 关心
例句:The young people should care about the old.
年轻人应该关心老人。
seek to企图; 试图
例句:I sought to change her mind.
我试图改变她的心意。
6. Tens of millions have seen it, including celebrities like Rihanna and George Clooney. And donations have been pouring in.
pour in大量地涌进来
例句:Messages poured in with offers of support.
支援信像雪片似地飞来。
7. If you`re not interested in the geographies and the complexity of it, to know that it`s not black and white, to delve into that, the fact that you can`t glamorize this stuff, then I think you have no business in me being a changemaker.
delve into深入探究, 钻研
例句:We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.
我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
have no business(某人)……无权(做某事)……
例句:He had no business getting mixed up in such a matter.
他不该卷进这样的一件事情中去。
8. Why has this taken off to such an extent on social media?
take off发起; 拿走, 取下; 去掉
例句:The attack will take off from our position near the harbor.
此次攻击将从我们在港口附近的阵地上发动。