VOA慢速英语:Tobacco Companies Challenge Efforts in US, Australia

短语讲解：

1. Congress called for color images showing the dangers of smoking, similar to what Canada does.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

2. He says the images are designed to appeal to emotion, rejecting government arguments that they are purely factual.

appeal to对…有吸引力; 诉诸武力,求助于; 向…呼吁; 向…请求;恳求
例句：This job rather appeals to me.
这工作对我有吸引力。

3. He accused the government of trying to use the labels to promote an "obvious anti-smoking agenda!

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：They accused the police of brutality.
他们谴责警察的野蛮行为。

4. The Senate passed the bill last week and sent it back to the lower house to approve minor amendments.

send back归还
例句：Send those things back; they are not what I ordered.
把那些东西退回去, 我订的不是这些东西。

5. The law is to go into effect in December of next year.

go into effect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。

6. Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the government is ready for a legal fight.

be ready for为...做好准备
例句：The guide book will soon be ready for distribution.
这本旅行指南很快就可以发行了。

7. Every time a smoker -- twenty or thirty times a day -- takes a cigarette pack out of their pocket, we want to make sure that all that it's showing is the harm that can be caused from tobacco.

take out取出
例句：The doctor has taken my bad tooth out.
医生已拔掉了我的坏牙。