VOA慢速英语:Greek Lawmakers Pass Spending Cuts Required for Loans

例句：They were shaken badly by the news.
       那消息令他们吃惊。

动摇; 减弱

例句：Nothing can shake the basis for my belief.
      什么也动摇不了我信念的基础。

2.bailout n.(公司所受的)紧急援助

3.approve vt.批准, 通过

例句：The minister approved the building plan.
      部长批准了该建筑计划。

4.austerity n.节衣缩食, 艰苦朴素

例句：Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel.
      战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。

5.roughly adv.粗略地;大体上;大致上

例句：He roughly examined the old records.
      他粗略地检查了一下旧记录。

      He roughly outlined the plot of the opera.
      他粗略地概述了歌剧的情节。

6.rating n.等级, 类别(尤指船只以吨位计算的等级)

例句：It is a ship with a rating of 500, 000 tons.
      这是一艘五十万吨级的船。

7.therefore adv.因此, 为此, 所以

例句：They therefore can do nothing good of themselves.
      所以他们靠自己是什么好事也做不成的。