CNN news 2011-12-10 加文本

短语讲解：

1. For example, someone making around $50,000 this year took home an extra $1,500, thanks to the payroll tax break.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to your help, we were successful.
由于你的帮助, 我们得以成功。

2. But the government has to take action to extend the payroll tax cuts into next year, otherwise the payroll tax goes back up and Americans see less money in their paychecks.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

3. What Democrats and Republicans don`t agree on is how to pay for this.

pay for为…付钱
例句：How much did you pay for the book?
那本书你付了多少钱?

4. Democrats, including the president, want to pay for this by raising taxes on millionaires, whom, they believe, can afford to pay more. Republicans don`t want taxes to go up for anyone during a lousy economy.

afford to买得起;有足够的...(去做...)
例句：We can't afford to pay such a price.
我们付不起这个价钱。
go up上升, 上涨, 提高, 增加, 增高
例句：The goods have gone up in price.
这些商品的价格已经上涨。

5. There are only a few weeks left for Congress to vote on whether or not to extend the payroll tax cut.

vote on对…进行表决
例句：The chairman asked us to vote on the plan.
主席要我们对计划进行表决。

6. Scientists are looking for planets that could be like Earth.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

7. This one, which is called Kepler-22b, is the first one that NASA says it`s found that could be similar to ours.

be similar to与…相似
例句：My problems are very similar to yours.
我的问题和你的差不多。

8. In fact, we take 365 days to go around, or at least approximately.

go around转动, 旋转, 运转; 眩晕
例句：The water wheel goes around and around.
水车转个不停。