CNN news 2010-12-21 加文本

1.I’ve made it clear going back over the summer that stopping all of the tax hikes was one of our main priorities for this lame-duck session.

make it clear表明，讲明

例句：Be sure to make it clear and concise and avoid long-windedness.
      注意简明扼要， 反对长篇大论。

lame-duck session指的是议员将要离开时的那个时期

2.3.3 million Web pages out of 4.5 million Web pages that mention my name also mention the word rape.

out of从…之中，表达分数

借助介词表示分数，介词前的数词是分子，介词后的数词是分母。例如：

　　Ninety-nine people out of a hundred，if they were asked who first found America， would answer Clumbus．如果要问是谁首先发现美洲，一百个人中有九十九个（百分之九十九）将回答是哥伦布。
　　这种结构中的介词主要有in，out of，of以及to