CNN news 2011-12-16 加文本

短语讲解：

1. President Obama honoring the people whose efforts and sacrifices have helped bring an official end to the war in Iraq.

bring an end to结束
例句：Neutral state in the area have tried to bring an end to the war
该地区的中立国为结束战争作出了努力。

2. The last U.S. military troops will be leaving Iraq by the end of this year, but President Obama promised Prime Minister al-Maliki that the U.S. will give Iraq additional economic, diplomatic and military help.

by the end of到…为止
例句：He had finished his great works by the end of 1980.
到1980年底, 他已完成了他的巨著。

3. That final authority belongs to the U.S. Supreme Court.

belong to属于
例句：Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。

4. The Supreme Court can look at whether or not that and other parts of the law are constitutional.

look at看, 注视(某人或某物); 评判; 审视
例句：The difficulty can now be looked at in a different light.
现在可以用不同的角度来看这个困难。
whether or not无论; 是否
例句：Whether you like the idea or not, I'm going ahead with it.
无论你是否喜欢这个意见, 我将继续做下去。

5. Justice Elena Kagan excused herself because she was working for President Obama`s administration when the government first objected to the Arizona law.

object to反对; 对…反感
例句：I don't object to the children going with us.
我不反对孩子们和我们一道去。

6. That means this ruling could end in a four-four tie.

end in以…为结束
例句：Wasteful people usually end in debt.
挥霍浪费者最后往往负债。