VOA慢速英语:American History: Truman Wins the Election of 1948

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call on 拜访，号召
例句：After paying a call on the President he returned overjoyed. 
在一次谒见总统后，他兴高采烈地回来。

3. He took firm actions in his foreign policy toward the Soviet Union.

take action 采取行动
例句：We must take action at once. 
我们一定要立即采取行动。 

4. And he began to speak out with much more strength to the American people.

speak out 大胆地说，清楚并响亮地说
例句：Speak out. Don't just brood over things. 
你有什么事就说吧, 别圈在心里。

5. Truman succeeded in winning the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.

succeed in 成功，顺利完成
例句：They succeeded in solving the problem.
他们成功地解决了这个问题

6. Both Thurmond and Wallace had broken away from the Democratic Party.

break away 突然离开
例句: He's broken away from his family. 
他与家庭决裂，离家出走。 

7. He wanted to talk to them face to face.

face to face 面对面
例句： I met him face to face. 
我和他正面相遇。 

8. and we’ll start on a boom-and-bust cycle and try to go through just what we did in the twenties and end up with a crash.

go through 经历
例句：The country has gone through too many wars.
这个国家经历了太多的战争
end up 结束
You will end up in debt if you keep on spending money like that.
例句：你要是老这样花钱,总有一天要负债。

9. Not only did he defeat Dewey, as he thought he would, but he won by a good number of votes.

a number of 一些
例句: An engine lathe consists of a number of parts. 
普通车床由若干部件组成。 

10. Truman and later presidents would make decisions to send large amounts of economic and military aid to countries around the world.

amounts of 大量
例句：Nuclear fission releases tremendous amounts of energy. 
核裂变释放出巨大的能量。