CNN news 2009-12-26 加文本

1.all this week we've been asking you to send your questions about the health care reform bill, and you actually flooded us with questions.

flood是比较形象的说法，像洪水般涌来，蜂拥而至，纷至沓来。

2.And before we get to those questions, Julie, you were one of three reporters, correspondents that had a chit chat with the president yesterday.

chit chat在这里是闲谈，聊天的意思。

3.He said that he thought that the House and Senate bills had a lot in common.

in common共同的,相同的

例句：We have nothing in common, and in temperament we're poles apart.
      我们没有什么共性，脾气完全相反。

common ground共同点,共同之处

例句：The two rival parties have no common ground between them.
      这两个敌对的党派之间没有共同点。