VOA慢速英语:US Seeks ‘Shadow’ Internet, Mobile Networks in Repressive Countries

短语讲解：

1. The Obama administration is leading an effort to deploy what some people call liberation technology in repressive countries.

lead to导致；引起
例句：Heart failure led to her father's death.
心力衰竭导致她父亲的死亡。

2. Some governments have taken steps to block or spy on their communications.

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。
spy on侦查,暗中监视
例句：His job was to spy on the enemy.
他的工作是侦察敌军。

3. Officials in Egypt shut down Internet connections in February in a failed attempt to stop democracy protests.

shut down完全关闭，倒闭，停止运转
例句：The factory was shut down for two months as a result of the strike.
那工厂因罢工的结果而停工了两个月。
in an attempt to力图,试图
例句：Many shops cut prices just before Christmas in an attempt to spur sales.
许多商店在圣诞节前减价促销。

4. The Syrian government took similar action earlier this month.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

5. The Obama administration is seeking to provide other ways for activists to communicate with less risk that they might be caught.

seek to力图，试图，设法
例句：I sought to change her mind.
我试图改变她的心意。
provide for供给，为…提供
例句：The market fails to provide for an efficient level of conservation effort. 
市场并没有对水土保持工作提供一种有效的手段。
communicate with与…联系, 与…交往
例句：I communicate with him regularly by letter.
我与他定期通信。

6. The State Department was looking to allow, I’ll say, cyber dissidents, cyber activists, to communicate among themselves and to do that in a restricted environment.

look to依靠；依赖；指望；求助于
例句：He looked to his brother for help.
他希望得到他兄弟的帮助。

7. They are looking at ways to set up, you might say, these independent networks.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

8. The New York Times reported that one of these projects is known as "Internet in a suitcase."

be known as以…知名；被认为是
例句：Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

9. So what we’re trying to do is give tools to allow people in countries that have hostile regimes to circumvent, to go around, the blockage or the filtering that their own governments do.

go around到处走动
例句：The girl went around telling lies. We are already tired of her.
那女孩到处说谎, 我们已经讨厌她了。

10. The State Department says its efforts are aimed at supporting free speech and human rights, not overthrowing governments.

be aimed at以…为目的
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。

11. An educated population is what I think these tools strive for.

strive for奋斗,争取
例句：The scientists strive for a breakthrough in cancer research. 
科学家们力争在癌症研究方面有个突破。