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concern with关心…
例句：A doctor should always concern himself with his patients.
医生应当时时刻刻关心着他的病人。

2. The penny in your pocket might look like copper, but copper actually makes up less than 3 percent of a one-cent coin.

make up组成, 构成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。

3. According to this next report from Athena Jones, the material makeup of U.S. currency could be in for a change.

be in for必定会遭到; 定要受罚
例句：Whoever breaks the school windows will be in for trouble!
无论谁打破了学校的窗子, 都要受罚。

4. In the last budget the Obama administration asked Congress for permission to change the metal makeup of pennies and nickels, because they`ve become more expensive to produce than they are worth -- a lot more expensive.

ask for请求…, 要求…
例句：We often asked the veteran workers for advice.
我们常常向老工人求教。

5. My thoughts as a guy on the street is get rid of them.

get rid of摆脱
例句：He can't get rid of the cold.
他的感冒老是好不了。

6. The decision to stop making the presidential one-dollar coins last December is expected to save the mint $50 million a year -- Athena Jones, cnn, Washington.

be expected to预计
例句：The death toll is expected to rise.
预计死亡人数还会增加。

7. Now, before you give us our walking papers, want to let you know that there`s no show on Monday in honor of President`s Day.

in honor of为了向…表示敬意
例句：A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.
宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。