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短语讲解：

1. President Obama has announced that more than seven million people have signed up to his affordable healthcare plan.

more than 超过; 在…次以上
例句：More than 160 people were killed.
超过160人在袭击中丧生。
sign up 跟…签订合同; 报名
例句：Some 30,000 new users sign up daily.
每日新注册用户达到3万人。

2. And that’s good for our middle class and that’s good for our fiscal future."

be good for 值得，有效; 利于
例句：This should be good for equities.
这对股市应是个好消息。

3. Mr. Vargas Llosa, who once ran for president in Peru said that all Latin American countries will be under threat if Maduro succeeded in consolidating what he called a Cuban-inspired dictatorship in Venezuela.

succeed in doing 做某事成功
例句：He is certain to succeed in doing his experiment.
他做试验一定会成功。

4.  Pope Pius XII’s impassioned speech on the eve of the Second World War, in which he vainly pleaded for peace, can be downloaded as well as the anguished words of Pope Paul VI when he deplored the murder of the former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro.

as well as 也，又
例句：That implies criticism as well as support.
这句话暗示着夫妻间的相互支持以及相互批评。