CNN news 2011-04-22 加文本

短语讲解：

1. We've been talking about some of the economic debates involving President Obama and Congress, federal budgets, deficits, the debts ceiling.

talk about 谈论，讨论
例句：Let's talk seriously about your future.
让咱们认真地谈谈你的将来吧。

2. Other groups have been paying attention to those debates, too.

pay attention to 注意，关心
例句：No attention was paid to his advice.
他的建议没有引起注意。

3. And one group Standard & Poor’s says because those debates have so much uncertainty associated with them.

associate with与…联系在一起
例句：Foreigners always associate China with the Great Wall.
外国人总是把中国和长城联系在一起。

4. The rating change did not go over well on Wall Street.

go over 留下印象，受欢迎
例句：These actors went over very well with the audience.
这些演员深受观众们的欢迎。

5. That’s what more than 1400 people are doing right now in Texas, trying to get these blazes under control but nearly three weeks of super dry weather have basically turned the ground into kindling, and wind spreads the flames around.

right now 此刻，目前
例句：I have no time right now to discuss your problems.
此刻我没有时间讨论你的问题。
under control 处于控制之下，在控制中
例句：Everything is under control.
一切都处于控制之下。

6. There are a number of causes.

a number of 一些
例句：A number of new products have been successfully trial-produced.
许多新产品已试制成功。