CRI听力:America's First Chinese American Ambassador Smoothing US-China Relations

get along进展; 进行; 相处; 相处融洽
例句：Now we get along just well.
现在我们相处得很好。
hope for希望, 希望得到
例句：We hope for an early spring.
我们希望春天早早到来。

2. But with disputes on trade, currency and foreign policy to name a few, Ambassador Chang Bloch says this relationship is going through a rough patch.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

3. Today Julia Chang Bloch works on bringing the US and China closer together through her non-profit organization focusing on student exchange.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。
focus on把…作为兴趣中心
例句：The show focuses on making fun of politicians.
这场演出旨在嘲弄那些政客。

4. And I felt that someone like myself as a Chinese American, perhaps I could help serve as a bridge between the two cultures.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用。

5. My anticipation is, regardless of whether it's a democrat or republican who wins in next round in 2012, when you're president, you deal with reality.

regardless of不管, 不顾
例句：I shall go regardless of the weather.
无论天气好坏我都要去。
deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

6. Can our two countries not depend on each other? I don't think so.

depend on依赖, 依靠
例句：We can depend on him for help.
我们可以指望他帮忙。