CNN news 2011-11-21 加文本

短语讲解：

1. They`re speaking out against the U.S. financial industry.

speak out毫无保留地说出
例句：I am going to speak out against the committee's decision.
我打算直言反对委员会的决定。

2. that they`ve taken out all this student debt for a place in an economy that`s not giving them a job that`s going to help them pay off that student debt.

take out清除, 除掉
例句：There's a nasty mark on the tablecloth, and I don't think the usual washing powder will take it out.
桌布上有一块污迹, 我想用普通洗衣粉是洗不掉的。
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。

3. When you talk to them, they say, we`re not going to draw up a specific list of demands.

draw up起草;制订
例句：He has drawn up a vacation plan.
他已拟出假期计划。

4. We`re here to draw awareness to the numbers that don`t lie, that the rich are getting richer, the middle are barely holding on and the poor are getting poorer.

hold on（在困境或危险中）坚持住，挺住
例句：He was determined to hold on this job whatever difficulties he might run into.
他下定决心, 不管碰到什么困难, 都要坚持做这工作。

5. So rather than indicting the top 1 percent -- and there are those who do that -- but they`re really trying to turn the focus on the 99 percent, who they say have been left behind.

leave behind忘带, 留下; 丢弃
例句：He left his wife and children behind.
他抛下了妻子儿女。

6. Organizers called for people to make it a mass day of action.

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。

7. If people break the law then, obviously, we`ll deal with that.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

8. Fights broke out between protesters and police.

break out (战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然发生, 爆发
例句：Something unexpected always breaks out in this area.
在这一地区总有意想不到的事情发生。