CNN news 2011-06-05 加文本

短语讲解：

1. It's June 2nd, and in our penultimate program of the school year, we're starting things off on Wall Street.

start off以…开始
例句：What shall we start off this thing with?
我们该从哪儿开始谈这件事?

2. Talking about the stock market and yesterday was not a good one.

stock market股票市场
例句：Prices fell on the stock market.
股市行情下跌。

3. Other countries are involved in this too, the US, Britain, France.

be involved in卷入，陷入
例句：He is involved in the scandal.
他卷进了那个丑闻。

4. A lot of what the coalition has been doing is carrying out air strikes like these.

carry out实行，执行；实现，完成
例句：We must carry out it wholeheartedly indeed.
我们必须尽力把它贯彻到底。

5. The conflict in Libya has been going on since February. Recently, several top officials have left Gaddafi's government that includes some generals in the Libyan army.

go on继续，发生；接近
例句：We could hardly have gone on without your help.
要是没有您的帮助, 我们很难取得进展。

6. In fact on Tuesday, the US House of Representatives voted against the idea of raising the debt ceiling without making spending cuts.

in fact实际上, 其实
例句：They hope, in fact, to kill two birds with one stone.
他们实际上是想一举两得。

7. It's basically America's credit limit. (Uh) Congress sets the cap on how much money the country can spend to pay its bills, and to pay our interest payment.

set on把…置于…之上
例句：He set his hand on my shoulder comfortingly.
他把手搭在我肩上, 使我感到安慰。

8. And think it of this way, if you're running a $3,000 balance on a $10,000 credit limit, the US government, we run right up to our credit limit over and over again, and then that's the paying it off, we just raised the debt limit.

run up to达到,积累到
例句：The figures run up to $ 50,000.
那数字达到50，000美元。
over and over again 一再地
例句：They ran the tapes over and over again.
他们将磁带播放了一遍又一遍。
pay off付清, 还清
例句：You must pay off your old loan before you can obtain a new one.
你必须还清旧账, 然后才能再借款。

9. The Treasury Secretary is juggling the bills that are coming in to keep the country from defaulting.

keep from阻止; 免于
例句：Urgent business kept me from attending the meeting.
因有急事我不能去参加会议。

10. The US won't default so long as we keep making interest payments on our bonds are all of it big, politically big now, but here you go you guys Congress has raised the debt ceiling 74 times since 1962, 10 times just since 2001.

so long as只要
例句：You will do all right so long as you follow my advice.
只要你听我的建议, 你一定会做好的。