VOA慢速英语:Italy Considers Budget Cuts, Rising Borrowing Costs

短语讲解：

1. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been seeking to enact measures meant to satisfy his country’s creditors.

seek to设法; 企图，试图
例句：I sought to change her mind.
我试图改变她的心意。

2. The interest rate Italy can expect to pay for borrowing money is increasing and recently passed seven percent.

pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

3. Three-hundred-nine attending, three-hundred-eight in favor, one boycotted, no vote against the chamber approves…

vote against投票反对
例句：Eight delegates voted against the motion.
八名代表投票反对这一动议。

4. Unlike Greece, Italy’s budget deficit is not out of control. 

out of control失去控制
例句：The plane got out of control and crashed.
飞机失去控制坠毁了。

5. European leaders have yet to agree on the size and conditions of a rescue fund, or plan.

agree on对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 商定〔同意〕某事, 商定做某事
例句：They agreed on leaving there the next day.
他们一致同意第二天离开那里。