CNN news 2010-02-17 加文本

1.The American safety is being put, you know, on the back burner, because we are 40 miles away from the airport investigating private citizens.

put on the back burner先搁置在一边

例句：The hostage had been put on the back burner by the American government.
      那些人质不是美国政府的当务之急，已暂时搁置一旁。

2.If we got those kinds of problems, we need to get a ready broom and sweep it out.

sweep out清扫, 扫掉

例句：She swept the dirt out.
      她扫除了灰尘。

      This room needs to be well swept out.
       这个房间需要好好清扫一番。

昂然离开

例句：Without a word, she turned and swept out of the room.
      她一言不发, 转过身高傲地走出了房间。