CNN news 2011-04-18 加文本
短语讲解:
1. And you know what that means. cnn Student News is breaking down everything from budgets to baseball.
break down 拆分,分类
例句:The newly published booklet breaks down into three parts.
这本新出版的小册子分成三部分。
2. First things first. 重要的事先来
例句:First things first . You must finish this before you go .
要紧的事得先做,你得在走之前完成此事。
3. The US House voted yesterday on the 2011 budget which runs through this September.
run through 跑着穿过
例句:Running through the forest in the dark, the boys were greatly afraid.
孩子们在黑暗中穿过树林, 心里非常害怕。
在…流过
例句:Father told me to unblock the pipe to let the water run through.
父亲叫我把管子打通, 让水流过去。
贯穿,普遍存在
例句:A feeling of sadness runs through his poetry.
一种悲伤感贯穿于他的诗歌。
4. Remember it has to pass both the House and the Senate before the President can sign it into law.
both … and … 两者都
例句:Both Tom and John came to see me .
汤姆和约翰两个都来看我。
5. Democrats led by the President and Republicans who lead the US House of Representatives don’t see eye to eye on how much the government should spend or tax.
see eye to eye 有相同的看法,完全一致
例句:James and I see pretty eye to eye on most things.
我和詹姆斯在很多事情上观点一致。
6. If taxes were rate 1% for people on the top 2 tax brackets, it would amount to 115 billion dollars over a decade.
amount to 共计
例句:The bill amounts to $500.
这张账单共计500美元。
7. The income of the very wealthy tends to be more volatile than income of most people, because it’s tied up with investments and when the economy goes out, often their income gets hurt.
tend to 趋向于
例句:Arthur's books tend to poverty.
亚瑟的书趋于单调乏味。
tie up with把…与…密切联系起来
例句:The two companies are closely tied up with each other.
这两家公司之间有密切联系。
8. But with the 2012 presidential election around the corner, budget experts say no one wants to raise taxes on the middle class, Ron Haskins who served as a senior advisor on welfare policy to President George W. Bush says both democrats and republicans are wrong.
around the corner 即将到来,迫在眉睫
例句:Victory is just around the corner.
胜利在望。