CNN news 2011-04-16 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Any serious plan to tackle our deficit were (to) require us to put everything on the table and take on excess spending wherever it exists in the budget.

on the table 被提交讨论，被提到桌面上
例句：There's not much point in a meeting until he has something definite to put on the table.
直到他有些明确的想法提出之前, 会议都没有什么意义。
take on 承当
例句：He is always ready to take on heavy responsibilities.
他一向乐于挑重担。

2. I think all of us understand that this debt that hangs over our head, hurts our economy and hurts our ability to create jobs in America.

hang over威胁，即将降临
例句：Examinations are hanging over her head—that's why she can't sleep at nights.
她大脑里想的都是考试, 所以晚上无法入睡。

3. I think all those understand that not median our obligations, our debt obligations is a very bad idea and nobody wants to take that risk.

take risk 冒险
例句：These people accept the need to take risk in order to succeed. 
为了取得成功，这些人认为冒险的必要。

4. Anne Marie Donovan owns the new port richey home that gator taking a dip in her pool.

take a dip 洗澡，游泳
例句：Would you like to take a dip in the pool?
你想在游泳池里小游一会儿吗？

5. A trapper showed up to get the gator out of the pool. She got a rope around the gator's nail and then began to roll around in the water.

show up 显而易见，出现
例句：The fingertips on the glass show up in the sunlight.
在阳光下玻璃杯上的指纹显得更清楚了。

6. She asked the neighbor for help, taping its jaws shut.

ask for help 请求帮忙
例句：He went straight to his friend to ask for help 
他直接到朋友那儿请求帮助。

7. I’m not fond of any kind of leisure and she got asking me to tape further and further closer to her hands.

be fond of 喜欢，喜爱
例句：I am fond of playing basketball.
我喜欢打篮球。

8. Then the horrifying site of people running away from the water, literally running for their lives.

run away 逃脱，逃离
例句：He hated his stepfather and eventually ran away from home.
他恨他的继父, 最终离家出走了。
run for one’s life 逃命
例句：If I saw a lion on the street , I would run for my life .
如果我在大街上看见一头狮子，我会逃命的。