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VOA慢速英语:Reform of Financial System Is Obama's Next Goal in Congress

2010-04-16来源:和谐英语
1.President Obama now turns his attention to financial reform after his victory last month on health care.

turn attention to转移注意力

例句:Please turn your attention to something more important.
       请把注意力转向更重要的事情上去。

      It's time to turn our attention to the question of money.
      咱们该考虑钱的问题了。

turn to的其他用法:

(使)转向

例句:He turned his back to me.
       他转过身去, 背对我。

求助于

例句:He turned to me for help.
      他向我求助。

      She often turns to the book for guidance.
      她经常参考那本书。

(使)变成

例句:Water turns to ice at 0℃.
      水在零摄氏度时变成冰。

2.Republicans and Democrats differ on what to do.

differ on对(某问题)持不同意见

例句:The committee differed on the question of appointing the next chairman.
      委员会在任命下届主席的问题上意见不一。

3.If there's one lesson that we've learned, it's that [an] unfettered market where people are taking huge risks and expecting taxpayers to bail them out when things go sour is simply not acceptable.

If引导条件句。it's that,这里的it是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的that引导的句子。后面这一句的主干是:unfettered market is simply not acceptable。where people are taking huge risks and expecting taxpayers to bail them out是定语从句,修饰market。when things go sour引导的是时间状语从句。

4.The aim is to find a way to let big financial companies fail without harming the economy.

to find a way是动词不定式做表语。without harming the economy是典型的without+现在分词作状语。