CRI听力:Nixon in China - "I was there"

look at看, 注视
例句：He looked at me with scorn.
他轻蔑地看了看我。

2. It was hugely important for Mao to meet with Nixon as soon as possible so as to put the approval of the top Chinese leader on the trip.

so as to为了…
例句：The test questions are kept secret so as to prevent cheating.
考试题保密以防作弊。
put on穿上, 戴上; 把…放在…上
例句：Put the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
把碟子轻轻放在桌上, 这些碟子非常易碎。

3. Getting to know each other, finding out about each other's views on the way the world worked and the way China and the United States fitted into it

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。
fit into (使)适合, (使)合乎…的时间〔空间〕, 与…融为一体
例句：This diagram fits well into the article.
这张图表放在这篇文章中非常合适。

4. So I went out of the meeting room and I said, 'Where's the Whitehouse phone?' And, behind a pillar in the Great Hall of the People, was a phone on a little table and it had a little picture of the Whitehouse on it."

go out走出, 出去; 出国
例句：Don't go out after dark.
天黑后别往外跑。

5. It was 3am in Washington and the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs had to be woken up.

wake up醒来; 唤醒, 弄醒
例句：Please wake me up at six.
请在六点钟叫醒我。

6. That's what people really thought even though we'd been watching them beat up on each other for years and knew that there was a lot of tension and difference between the two.

beat up痛殴, 毒打(某人)
例句：The boys robbed the old man and beat him up.
那些少年抢劫了那老人,并把他打成重伤。

7. The trip really turned international diplomacy into a much more realistic multipolar operation.

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。