BR: British Rail 英國鐵道部門

BR CLAIMS 50％OF TRAINS ON TIME 英鐵聲稱50％火車正點

brink: edge(of disaster) (災難的)邊緣   

WORLD ON BRINK OF WAR 世界瀕臨戰爭邊緣

call (for): demand / appeal (for) 要求，呼吁

CALL FOR STRIKE TALKS 呼吁就罷工進行談判

HOSPITAL ROW：MP CALLS FOR ENQUIRY  醫院糾紛：議員要求進行調查

campaign: organised effort to achieve social or political result 運動

MP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FDR PRISON REFORM 議員發起運動要求監獄改革

cash: money 錢，資金

MORE CASH NEEDED FOR SCHOOLS 辦學需要更多資金

charge: accusation(by police) (警方提出的)指控

THREE MEN HELD ON BOMB CHARGE  3個男子被扣涉嫌炸彈案件

chop: abolition, closure 廢除，關閉

300 BANK BRANCHES FACE CHOP  300家銀行支行面臨關閉危險

city: London’s financial institutions 倫敦的金融機構

NEW TRADE FIGURES PLEASE CITY  最新貿易數字使倫敦金融界欣喜

claim: (make) a statement that something is true (especially when there may be disagreement)斷言，聲稱；pay claim demand for higher wages 要求增加工資

SCIENTIST CLAIMS CANCER BREAKTHROUGH  科學家稱防治癌癥取得突破

RACISM CLAIM IN NAVY 有人斷言海軍存在種族主義

TEACHERS’PAY CLAIM REJECTED 教師要求提高工資遭到拒絕  

clamp: down on deal firmly with(usually something illegal) 嚴厲處治，取締

POLICE TO CLAMP DOWN ON SPEEDING  警方將嚴厲懲處超速開車

clash: quarrel, fight noun or verb) 爭吵，沖突

STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE 學生與警察發生沖突

clear: find innocent 證明……無辜

DOCTOR CLEARED OF DRUGS CHARGE  涉嫌毒品案宣告醫生無罪

commons: the House of Commons(in Parliament) (英國)下議院

MINISTERS IN COMMONS CLASH OVER HOUSING  部長們在下院討論住房問題時發生爭吵

con: swindle 哄騙

TEENAGERS CON WIDOW OUT OF LIFE SAVINGS 幾個少年騙走寡婦一生的積蓄

crackdown: firm application of the law 嚴格執法，嚴打

GOVERNMENT PROMISES CRACKIIOWN ON DRUGS DEALERS 政府承諾嚴厲打擊毒品販子

crash: financial failure 金融上的破產，暴跌

BANK CRASH THREATENS TO BRING DOWN GOVERNMENT 銀行倒閉可能導致政府下臺

curb: restrict；restriction 限制

NEW PRICE cuRBS 限制物價的新舉措

cut: reduce；reduction 削減；壓縮

BRITAIN CUTS OVERSEAS AID 英國削減對外援助

NEW HEALTH SERVICE CUTS 再次壓縮公共醫療衛生服務項目

cutback: reduction(usually financial) (常指財政上)減少

TEACHERS SLAM SCHOOL CUTBACKS 教師們抨擊削減學校經費

dash: (make)quick joumey 趕赴，飛奔

PM IN DASH TO BLAST HOSPITAL 首相趕赴發生爆炸的醫院

deadlock: disagreement that cannot be solved 僵局，停頓

DEADLOCK IN PEACE TALKS 和談陷入僵局

deal: agreement, bargain 協議，交易

TEACHERS REJECT NEW PAY DEAL 教師們拒絕新的工資協議

demo: demonstration 示威集會

30 ARRESTED IN ANTI-TAX DEMO  30人因參加反稅示威而被捕

dole: unemployment pay  失業救濟金

DOLE QUEUES LENGTHEN  領失業救濟的隊伍加長