VOA慢速英语:American History: As War in Europe Expands, US Continues the Policy of Neutrality

短语讲解：

1. That safety is, and will be, bound up with the safety of the Western Hemisphere and of the seas adjacent thereto.

bind up with 与(某事)有密切关系
例句：His death was bound up with the matter.
他的死与这件事有关。

2. We seek to keep war from our own firesides by keeping war from coming to the Americas.

keep from阻止; 免于
例句：Urgent business kept me from attending the meeting.
因有急事我不能去参加会议。

3. British and French forces were unable to stop the Germans from moving deep into northern France.

be unable to不能/不会(做)...
例句：He is unable to see things far away.
他看不见远处的东西。

4. A German supporter, Marshal Petain, took control of the French government.

take control of控制
例句：Surely she would take control of the situation; after all she was a professional.
她肯定会控制这局面，她毕竟是个行家。

5. The Germans, by a remarkable combination of air bombing and heavily armored tanks, have broken through the French defenses north of the Maginot Line, and strong columns of their armored vehicles are ravaging the open country, which for the first day or two was without defenders.

break through突破，冲破
例句：We must break through the tight encirclement this time.
我们这次一定要杀出重围。

6. All this military action had an important effect on American popular opinion.

have an effect on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：  It has been found that smoking does have an effect on the health of the smoker. 
人们发现吸烟对吸烟者的健康有影响。

7. The struggle between those who wanted to help Britain and those who wanted to remain neutral did not follow traditional party lines.

party lines政党的路线
例句：Some MPs refused to follow/toe the party line on defence. 
有些议员拒不遵循党的防务政策. 

8. Roosevelt did not want to take steps toward war just before an election.

take steps采取措施
例句：We should take steps to prevent war.
我们应当采取措施制止战争。

9. He also supported Roosevelt's order for American young men to give their names to army officials so they could be called up if fighting began.

call up【军】召集
例句：They decided to call up an adequate number of reserves.
他们决定征召足够数量的预备队役入伍。

10. Roosevelt agreed. He went to the Congress to plead for more aid to Britain. He said the United States should change its neutral policy, because Britain was fighting a common enemy of democracy.

plead for恳求…, 乞求…
例句：She went down on her knees, pleading for mercy.
她双膝跪下, 乞求谅解。