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反华尔街抗议活动蔓延至华盛顿

2011-10-09来源:VOA

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。