VOA慢速英语:EU Officials Urge Tighter Fiscal Rules for Euro Countries

短语讲解：

1. The European Central Bank took action Wednesday to support the worldwide financial system.

take action采取行动
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

2. On Thursday, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi suggested that the ECB may provide new financial support for European countries struggling with debt.

struggle with与…打架, 与…斗争
例句：We still have to struggle with all kinds of difficulties.
我们仍得和各种各样的困难作斗争。

3. He called for a new fiscal compact, or financial agreement.

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。

4. European finance ministers failed to agree on a plan to provide economic support for debt-troubled countries last month.

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 how to evacuate the civilians from the island.
他们就如何撤退岛上的居民取得了一致意见。

5. Lack of economic reforms and lack of fiscal discipline has brought us into this crisis. 

bring into使进入某种状态
例句：The new law will be brought into force by midnight tomorrow.
新法律于明日午夜生效。