VOA慢速英语:Obama, Boehner and America's Newly Divided Government

例句：He is respectful to his elders.
      他对长辈很尊敬。

2.presidency n.总统的职位

例句：Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.
      罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。

3.humble vt.使谦恭, 使卑下

例句：The examination results humbled him.
      考试成绩挫了他的傲气。

4.privilege n.特权,特别恩典,基本人权,特免

5.eclipse n.消失, 黯然失色,（重要性、权势等的）丧失, 暗淡

例句：During the seventies, her acting career was in eclipse.
      在七十年代, 她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6.amend vt.vi.改良; 修改, 修正，修订（法律文件、声明等）

例句：The thief has amended.
      这小偷改过自新了。

7.needless adj.不需要的;不必要的

例句：It is needless to add that you are in want of a second.
      你需要一个助手,那是不必说的。