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VOA慢速英语:Jimmy Carter Earns Praise for Activism After the White House

2010-10-15来源:和谐英语

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1.Former President Jimmy Carter did not slow down when he left the White House in nineteen eighty-one.

slow down慢下来,减速,减慢…的速度

例句：The machine slowed down and stopped.
机器逐渐减慢了转速, 终于停住了。

You have to slow down your car at the crossing.
在十字路口, 你得放慢速度。

2.Raul Malo is best known as the leader of the former band the Mavericks even though it broke up ten years ago.

break up(使)破裂

例句：We don't know the reason why they have broken up with each other.
我们不知道他们的关系为何破裂。

It was money trouble that broke up their marriage.
他们因钱的问题婚姻才破裂的。