VOA慢速英语:A Debt Deal in US, but Stocks Still Slide

短语讲解：

1. That debt deal, however, failed to keep stock markets from dropping.

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。
stock market股票市场

2. The legislation followed months of arguing that only added to those concerns.

add to增加, 加强
例句：This lesson adds to the value of the book.
这一课增加了这本书的价值。

3. Congress agreed to lift the debt ceiling by over two trillion dollars, but also to make spending cuts.

agree to同意, 赞成, 同意照办
例句：He agreed to our sending Jack to Hong Kong.
他赞成我们把杰克派往香港。

4. Yet it also allows us to keep making key investments in things like education and research that lead to new jobs.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

5. Richard Gordon worked with the International Monetary Fund for nearly ten years.

work with与…在一起干
例句：I find it so refreshing to work with young people in this department.
我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。

6. And that will result in another recession, and that cannot help anybody.

result in引起, 导致; 以…为结局
例句：The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
这次水灾造成相当大的减产。

7. At the end of last year, private investors in the United States held the largest share -- thirty-six percent of that government debt.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：The toilet is at the end of the corridor.
盥洗室在走廊的尽头。

8. The Budget Control Act calls for almost one trillion dollars in spending cuts over ten years.

call for需要
例句：Your plan will call for a lot of money.
你的计划需要许多钱。

9. What happens if the committee cannot agree? Then an enforcement measure known as a trigger would go into effect.

go into effect实施，生效
例句：This law will go into effect on the day of its promulgation.
本法自公布之日起施行。

10. The budget deal contained no tax increases, but that issue has not gone away.

go away消失；停止，停息
例句：The pain will go away soon.
疼痛马上会减轻。