CNN news 2012-01-08 加文本

短语讲解：

1. About 20 percent of the world`s oil goes through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Navy also uses it to move ships through the region.

go through穿过, 通过
例句：The river goes through the city.
这条河流穿过这个城市。

2. I`m very concerned about the militant socialists and their -- and the radical Islamists joining together, bonding together.

concern about使(自己)关心…
例句：There is no need for you to concern yourself about where I was last night.
你没必要关心我昨晚在哪儿。

3. Today`s Shoutout goes out to Ms. McClain`s students at St. Joseph Regional School in Summers Point, New Jersey.

go out走出, 出去; 出国
例句：Don't go out after dark.
天黑后别往外跑。

4. Does it run through the Atlantic Ocean, China`s Gobi Desert, the Pacific Ocean or the Sea of Tranquility?

run through (使)在…流过
例句：The river runs through several underground caves which store the water for the city's use.
这条河流经几处贮存城市用水的地下蓄水池。

5. Officials decided where it should go in order to sync up time with the movement of the sun.

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。

6. The Samoan prime minister says the move puts the nation on the same side of the line as its key trading partners in New Zealand and Australia.

put on穿上, 戴上; 把…放在…上
例句：He put on his best clothes for the party.
为参加晚会他穿上了最好的衣服。

7. We can now have five working days a week to continue and sustain our economic and commercial contacts with our business partners in New Zealand and Australia, China and Japan, and vice versa.

contact with与…有交往〔联系〕
例句：He contacted with me.
他曾和我有过交往。
vice versa反过来也一样
例句：We gossip about them and vice versa.
我们议论他们,他们也议论我们。

8. So as of Saturday, Samoa was just three hours ahead of Sydney instead of 21 hours behind.

ahead of在…之前
例句：She left one day ahead of him.
她是在他离开的前一天离开的。

9. He`s hoping to start selling these things later this year, but this was just a one-man demonstration. So if anyone lined up to give it a try, well, they got "hosed."

line up组织, 邀集
例句：They've lined up some excellent entertainers for our show.
他们已组织了一批非常出色的演员来参加我们的演出。