CNN news 2011-07-30 加文本

短语讲解：

1. When you look at this "Washington Post" article I think it's accurate and I don't think it's anything new.

look at看, 注视(某人或某物)
例句：My work hasn't been looked at for a week.
我干了一个星期的工作也没人看一眼。

2. I've been here for a little less than four years and based on what we've seen here, al Qaeda as we knew it no longer exists and if it still does exist, there is no evidence that it can still carry out a global strategic war against the super power like the U.S

base on使建立在…基础上
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。
no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.
他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。
carry out实行，执行；实现，完成
例句：They carried out their plan without difficulty.
他们顺利地完成了计划。

3. Today, just like what we do in business, today what we're going to do is we're going to figure out how we're going to spend the money we get.

figure out计算出; 解决
例句：I have figured out how much during the week I spent.
我算出了这个星期花了多少钱。

4. More importantly, the principles that we are talking about today is the principles that "Cut Cap Balance" Act, the idea of a balanced budget amendment or the ideas that we need to cling to, we need to keep pushing forward in order to save our country from itself, in order to save our country from a congress for decades as we've been bearing for our children and grandchildren both forward and onward under a mountain of debts.

talk about讨论; 谈论
例句：We talked about what to do.
我们讨论该怎么办。
cling to坚持, 忠于(某观念、信条等)
例句：He clung to his own view.
他坚持己见。
push forward迫使注意〔考虑〕…; 提出…
例句：He repeatedly pushed his own claim forward.
他不断地提出自己的要求。
in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。
save from从…中救出, 使免受
例句：Everybody knew they could not save themselves from defeat there.
谁都知道他们无法摆脱在那里失败的命运。

5. You belong to the gangs since you were twelve. 

belong to是(某团体、国家等)的成员
例句：We belong to the new club.
我们是这个新俱乐部的成员。