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

deal with应付, 处理; 对待

例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
      他必须应付许多困难。
 
      We should deal with every case on its merits.
      我们处理各种情况都应根据其本身的条件。

2.Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt will soon eclipse the entire size of our entire economy.

catch up with对…产生坏影响,对...产生预期的坏影响(或恶果)

例句：Smoking will catch up with you.
      吸烟会害了你。

3.No longer can we fall short. No longer can we kick the can down the road.

No longer倒装

在正式文体中，如果将never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, scarcely, no sooner, no longer, nowhere 等含有否定意义的副词若位于

句首，则其后的句子要用部分倒装。

■后来我再也没见到过他了。

I never saw him again.

→Never did I see him again.

■他很少出去吃饭。

He seldom goes out for dinner.

→Seldom does he go out for dinner.

■她几乎没时间听音乐。

She hardly has time to listen to music.

→Hardly does she have time to listen to music.

4.By comparison, the president's approval rating was about forty-five percent after the congressional elections in November.

by comparison相比之下

例句：This dress is really cheaper by comparison.
      比较起来, 这件衣服确实便宜。