VOA慢速英语:American History: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Pulls US Into War

短语讲解：

1. The White house is now giving out a statement.

give out公布; 宣布
例句：The news of the event was given out over the radio.
关于这个事件的消息通过无线电发表了。

2. But today, we look back at the years before the United States entered that war.

look back回顾,倒退; 回顾,追忆
例句：She can look back on her career with great satisfaction.
她回顾自己的经历觉得心满意足。

3. But those years were filled with important changes in American politics, culture and traditions.

be filled with充满着
例句：The harbour is filled with craft.
海港充斥着许多船只。

4. The voters were tired of the progressive policies of Democratic president Woodrow Wilson.

be tired of厌烦，对…厌倦
例句：You may be tired with reading, but you should not be tired of it.
看书可能使你疲劳，但不应该对看书感到厌烦。

5. And they did not take an active part in world affairs.

take an active part in积极参加
例句：We take an active part in the sports.
我们积极参加运动。

6. Americans turned away from Republican rule in the election of nineteen thirty-two.

turn away from对…感到厌恶; 放弃,抛弃,脱离
例句：He had a sore throat, so he turned away from drinking and smoking.
他嗓子疼，所以他不想抽烟喝酒。

7. Soon, the economy was in ruins, and businesses were closing their doors.

in ruins严重受损, 破败不堪
例句：Our plans are in ruins.
我们的计划失败了。

8. Hand in hand with that, we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers.

hand in hand手拉手; 密切合作
例句：War and suffering go hand in hand.
战争总是与苦难相伴。

9. And by engaging, on a national scale, in a redistribution, endeavor to provide a better use of the land for those best fitted for the land.

fit for适于, 适合
例句：His great height fitted him for team games.
他个头高大, 适合参加团体运动项目。

10. It can be helped by insistence that the federal, the state, and the local governments act forthwith on the demands that their costs be drastically reduced.

act on对…起作用〔有功效〕
例句：This medicine acts on the heart.
这药对心脏起作用。

11. But the terrible conditions of the Great Depression during the nineteen thirties forced Roosevelt and the federal government to experiment with new policies.

experiment with以…做试验
例句：They experimented with a new material.
他们用新材料来做试验。