CNN news 2011-08-24 加文本

短语讲解：

1. We've talked this week about the violence going on in Syria and the protests there against the country's leader. Yesterday, U.S. officials explained why they believe the Syrian president's got to go.

go on进行
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。

2. The people of Syria deserve a government that respects their dignity, protects their rights, and lives up to their aspirations.

live up to不辜负; 实行; 履行
例句：He has lived up to the hopes of his father.
他的所作所为没有辜负父亲的期望。

3. France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union: all of them calling for him to step aside.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。
step aside从权威地位退下
例句：I'm not ready to step aside yet.
我还没有准备让位。

4. I'm the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and I'm made up of 30 high-profile stocks.

be made up of由…组成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。

5. That came after Morgan Stanley -- this major investment bank -- put out a prediction that was pretty negative about economic growth around the globe.

put out出版; 发行; 发布
例句：The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.
政府将于明天发布一项新声明。

6. And if that is dropping, that means investors are pulling money out of the market.

pull out (使)离开
例句：The country is pulling out of inflation.
这个国家正在摆脱通货膨胀的局面。

7. But President Obama and the Republican candidates who are hoping to be the next president don't agree on how to do that.

agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句：We agree on the question.
我们在这个问题上意见一致。

8. Wrapping up a three-day midwest tour in his home state of Illinois, President Obama held a town hall meeting at a production facility, where he focused on jobs while fighting to keep his.

wrap up圆满完成; 顺利结束(协议或会议等)
例句：They wrapped up an agreement on Friday.
他们于周五签完协议。
focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意
Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

9. He said by starting with basic ideas, like building the nation's infrastructure, the economy will move in the right direction if Congress does not get in the way.

get in the way妨碍
例句：Her social life gets in the way of her study.
她的社交生活妨碍了学业。

10. Meanwhile in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney claimed the president's inexperience was responsible for the economic crisis and subsequent standstill in Washington.

be responsible for为…负责,形成…的原因
例句：The bad weather is responsible for the small attendance.
出席率低是由于天气不佳。