反华尔街抗议活动蔓延至华盛顿
短语讲解:
1. Unlike the Tea Party movement, which blames big government for America's economic problems, the so-called Occupy movement holds big business responsible.
blame for因…怪罪, 责怪(某人)
例句:He blamed his brother for breaking the window.
他责备他兄弟打破了窗玻璃。
2. Susan Arnett came from California to be at the protest.
come from出生于
例句:She came from a long line of singers.
她出身于一个歌手世家。
3. And they are blaming a lot of it on the corporations in this country.
blame on把责任推给…
例句:They blamed the failure on John.
他们把失败的责任推给约翰。
4. "When I grew up we thought this was a country of 'We the people. Of the people, by the people, for the people.' Today, it is not. It is a corporation. It is a country of the corporations," said Goodnow.
grow up长大, 成熟
例句:Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。
5. Lourdes Parallobre of Miami says she is about to graduate from university owing $20,000 in student loans.
graduate from从…毕业
例句:He graduated from Taipei University.
他毕业于台北大学。
6. And I am terrified that is going to happen to me.
happen to发生在…身上
例句:If anything happens to the machine, please let me know.
要是机器出了毛病, 请告诉我。
7. "They are sitting on $2-trilliion in profits right now, corporations are," said a protester.
sit on 搁置
例句:He's been sitting on my letter for months.
他把我的信压了几个月。
8. They are now setting up camp in Washington and hoping their movement gains momentum.
set up建立, 创立, 竖立
例句:Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。
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