VOA慢速英语:Students Try to Cut Federal Budget in Online Game

短语讲解：

1. Some people think of politics as a game.

think of有…想法, 有…看法
例句：Dick thinks of himself as a genius in literature.
迪克自以为是个文学天才。

2. I want to grow up, go to college, get a good job, have kids maybe, a dog and a house.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。

3. The game was developed in two thousand eight. In the newest version, students make decisions about what spending is important to them.

make decisions做决定
例句：We should make decisions in accordance with specific conditions.
我们应当根据具体情况做出决定。

4. The hardest thing for us to figure out was the little cuts like the gas money and stuff, increasing taxes on gas, because we felt it would have effects everywhere from the truck drivers shipping our stuff across the country or when you order from [online seller] Amazon or whatever, to you drive when you're going to work.

figure out计算出; 解决;想出
例句：I have figured out how much during the week I spent.
我算出了这个星期花了多少钱。

5. But then the other half was, 'Oh, we can take troops out of Iraq and we all agreed on that.

take out把…带出去
例句：Please take the children out, their noise is making my head ache.
请把孩子们领出去, 他们吵得我头痛。
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。

6. And sadly, a lot of Congress is a fact-free universe, and that is tragic for our country, for our country's reputation, and for our economy and the livelihoods of millions of people who are presently out of work.

out of work失业
例句：The recession have put millions out of work.
这次经济衰退造成数百万人的失业。