VOA慢速英语:Rahm Emanuel Gets Ready for New Job as Mayor of Chicago

短语讲解：

1. He pointed out that this is the first time in modern history that a sitting president has based a re-election campaign outside of Washington.

point out 指出
例句：He pointed out that there was little chance of success.
他指出很少有成功的机会。

2. Mr. Emanuel served as chief of staff to President Obama.

serve as 充当，担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

3. Chicago is divided into fifty legislative areas called wards.

be divided into 被分成…
例句：Europe is divided into economic zones.
欧洲分成多个经济区。

4. And it has large numbers of people who work in Chicago but live in the growing suburbs outside the city.

large numbers of 大量的，数目很多的
例句：Large numbers of firms went into bankruptcy.
大批公司破产了。

5. The organization is also known as the "Chicago Machine" or simply "The Machine."

be known as 被认为是，被称作
例句：Oxford is known as one of the best universities in the world. 
牛津大学是世界公认的最好大学之一。

6. And if you are not loyal to the machine, and the policy of the machine, you are out.

be loyal to 忠于…
例句：We should be loyal to our motherland.
我们应当忠诚于祖国。

7. Over the years he played an influential part in national politics in the Democratic Party.

play a part in参与；起作用；扮演角色
例句：Women play a significant part in the modern Olympic Games.
妇女在现代奥运会中发挥了重要的作用。

8. BOB DOUGHTY: Chicago's next mayor, Rahm Emanuel, says he wants make the streets safer, especially for children on their way to school.

on one’s way to 在某人去…的路上
例句：We cross the track on our way to school.
我们在上学途中穿过铁轨。

9. What makes this vote gratifying is that it was built on votes from every corner of this city, from people who believe that a common set of challenges must be met with a common purpose.

meet with 遭遇，遭受，遇到
例句：Again and again the test met with no success.
这一试验一再遭到失败。

10. But the election provided a fresh example of the rough politics for which Chicago is known. Rahm Emanuel had to go through a legal fight all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court just to get on the ballot.

get on 进行
例句：I asked how he was getting on at school.
我问他在学校情况怎样。

11. The show makes fun of crime and corruption in the city during the nineteen twenties.

make fun of 嘲笑，取笑
例句：It is wrong to make fun of a cripple.
嘲笑残疾人是不对的。