VOA慢速英语:For Some, Free Citizenship Classes; For Others, a Dream Delayed Again

meet满足；使满意

例句：How can we best meet the needs of all the different groups?
     我们怎样才能最好地满足各种人的需要呢？

      Until these conditions are met we cannot proceed with the sale.
      除非这些条件得到满足，否则我们可能进行这项交易。

2.We hope to make it an easier transition for people to realize their aspirations of becoming U.S. citizens."

make使役动词

make用作使役动词表示“使；使成为”时，可跟复合结构，即“make+宾语+宾语补足语”，其中的宾语补足语可以是形容词或名词不带to的不定式过去分词。
　　1). 我们推选他为我们足球队队长。
　　We made him captain of our football team.
　　2). 我们队赢了的消息使我们大家非常高兴。
　　The news that our team had won made us very happy.
　　3). 大雨使得我们无法出去。
　　The heavy rain made it impossible for us to go out.
　　4). 奇怪的声音使我们感到恐惧。
　　The strange noise made us frightened.
　　5). 在交通嘈杂声中他无法使自己的声音提高到让别人听到。
　　He couldn’t make himself heard above the noise of the traffic.
　　6). 什么东西使得草生长?
　　What makes the grass grow?
　　注意：过去分词作make的宾语补足语时，变为被动语态不用加to； 但当不定式作其宾补时，变为被动语态一定要加to。
　　这个男孩被迫每天干十二个小时的活。
　　The boy was made to work twelve hours a day.

3."Dream" is short for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors.

be short for是……的缩写形式

例句：UN is short for the United Nations.
      UN是the United Nations(联合国)的缩写。

4.Some conservatives say it could increase illegal border crossings at a time when many Americans want stronger controls.

when定语从句，修饰time

先行词问题关系副词when关系副词和where的先行词是表示时间(如the day, the days, the time, the year等)和地点(如the place, the house, the factory, the station等)的一类词，而关系副词why的先行词通常只是whythe reason(s)。另外，when和where可引导限制性和非限制性定语从句，而why则只用于引导限制性定语从句，不用于引导非限制性定语从句。