VOA慢速英语:US, Japan Meet in Women's World Cup; in Los Angeles, 'Carmageddon'

短语讲解：

1. Striker Abby Wambach gave her team a two to one lead with a header off Lauren Cheney's corner kick in the seventy-ninth minute.

corner kick角球
例句：The player makes a corner kick.
球员射了一记角球。

2. Not only is she at the right place at the right time, but she has more heart than anybody that I've ever played with.

play with同…一起玩, 同…一起比赛
例句：Her children enjoy playing with their old toys.
她的孩子们喜欢玩他们的旧玩具。

3. Commentators and bloggers often use the word "gate" when a politician is accused of trying to hide the truth.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：She accused the official of corruption.
她指控这位官员腐败。

4. In June of nineteen seventy-two, police arrested five men who broke into Democratic Party offices there.

break into闯入, 强行进入, 破门而入
例句：We had to break into the house as we had lost the key.
因为我们弄丢了钥匙, 所以不得不破门而入。

5. Two Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, linked the break-in to the committee to re-elect Republican President Richard Nixon.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

6. He resigned because of Watergate.

because of因为, 由于
例句：It was because of the job that he had taken the flat.
他因为工作的原因租了那套公寓。

7. The Christian Bible says there will be a final battle there between the forces of good and evil at the end of time.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：The audience clapped at the end of the play.
剧终时观众鼓掌。

8. It is constructive to say that if Washington operates as usual and can’t get anything done, let’s at least avert Armageddon.

as usual像往常一样
例句：I got up at six that morning as usual.
像往常一样那天早上我六点起床。

9. The biggest thing that's going to help is if the public stays away and stays home on this weekend.

stay away离开, 缺席
例句：She is deliberately staying away from the meetings.
她有意回避会议。

10. Most of the people go through their lives trying to avoid the 405.

go through穿过, 通过
例句：The river goes through the city.
这条河流穿过这个城市。

11. But Carmageddon or not, local businesses are offering special deals to keep people from staying home and not spending money.

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。