VOA慢速英语:Public Debt and Protests Made Economic News in 2011

短语讲解：

1. This week, we look back on a few of the big economic stories of twenty eleven.

look back回顾,倒退;回顾,追忆
例句：He still feels quite guilty when he look back on the past.
想起过去，他仍然感到很内疚。

2. Former EU official Mario Monti took over as Italy’s prime minister in November.

take over接管; 接替
例句：She took over his work after his departure.
他离开以后, 她接替了他的工作。

3. As a result, European finance officials have called for tighter financial cooperation and new rules.

call for需要; 要求
例句：Your plan will call for a lot of money.
你的计划需要许多钱。

4. But European leaders have yet to agree on expanding the rescue fund meant for debt-troubled euro-area economies.

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。

5. The best thing they can do is clean up their act at home, be a source of growth at home.

clean up整顿; 实行改革
例句：The new mayor said he would clean the city up.
新市长说, 他要整顿本市。

6. But Mister Zoellick also said it was important for other big economies to deal with their own budget imbalances.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

7. The move was widely blamed on the failure of American lawmakers to agree on details of budget cuts to reduce deficits.

blame on把责任推给…
例句：They blamed the failure on John.
他们把失败的责任推给约翰。

8. He stepped down in August because of health problems. He helped make Apple into one of the world’s most valuable companies. Steve Jobs died of cancer in October at the age of fifty-six.

step down退休, 辞职
例句：The manager had to step down on account of poor health.
那位经理由于身体不好, 只能辞职不干。
make into把…转变为, 使成为
例句：They made the story into a play.
他们把这个故事改编成了戏剧。
die of死于
例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
死于癌症的人越来越多了。

9. Anger over government budget cuts led to protests in Greece, Britain and elsewhere.

lead to导致
例句：Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。