VOA慢速英语:American History: Roosevelt's Death Makes Truman President

短语讲解：

1. The House Democratic leader, Speaker Sam Rayburn, invited a friend to come by his office for a drink.

come by来串门, 来访
例句：Why don't you come by some afternoon and have coffee with me?
为什么不在哪天下午来我这儿和我一起喝咖啡?

2. "Harry Truman is coming over."

come over顺便来访; 过来; 从远处来
例句：You really must come over sometime and have dinner with us.
你确实应该找个时间过来, 跟我们一起吃顿饭。

3. The president's wife, Eleanor, was at the White House, working on a speech supporting the new United Nations.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

4. But he was not interested in the debate that was taking place.

be interested in对…感兴趣
例句：He is interested in reading novels.
他对看小说很感兴趣。
take place发生，进行
例句：When will the basketball game take place?
篮球赛何时举行?

5. He put down the phone and raced out the door to his car.

put down放下
例句：Put down that book and help your mother with the dishes.
放下那本书, 帮你母亲洗餐具。

6. With great humility, I call upon all Americans to help me keep our nation united in defense of those ideals which have been so eloquently proclaimed by Franklin Roosevelt.

call upon号召,拜访
例句：He called upon his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。
in defense of为...辩护, 为保证...
例句：She spoke up in defense of her political beliefs.
她为她的政见力辩。

7. We thank God that it has come to us, instead of to our enemies.

instead of代替，而不是...
例句：He will go instead of you.
他将代你去。

8. The buildings are in ruins, its economy and its people are in ruins.

in ruins严重受损, 破败不堪
例句：The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.
地震之后, 这座城市成为一片废墟。

9. They also agreed to end the Nazi party in Germany, to hold trials for Nazi war criminals and to break up some German businesses.

break up (使)破裂
例句：We don't know the reason why they have broken up with each other.
我们不知道他们的关系为何破裂。

10. Truman spoke of how people in the past had much bigger problems.

speak of谈到, 讲到
例句：They spoke of the old days on the campus.
他们谈起昔日的校园生活。