VOA慢速英语:American History: Clinton Wins 1992 Election

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

2. In the United States, attention was turning to the nineteen ninety-two presidential election.

turn to (把注意力等)转向
例句：More and more people turn to computer science.
愈来愈多的人从事计算机科学研究。

3. The United States went through a serious recession that lasted eight months, from July nineteen ninety to March nineteen ninety-one. Unemployment rose to the highest level in years.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

4. I want to welcome you to the White House, particularly because this belongs to all of you and because it’s so intimately connected with the best in American history.

belong to属于
例句：The bicycle belongs to Amy.
这自行车是艾米的。
connect with使有关系
例句：He is connected with the affairs.
他和此事有关系。

5. It had a very profound impact on me. I think that it’s something that I carried with me always. And I was very fortunate that someone took a picture of it and gave it to me, so I was always able to remember it.

have an impact on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：This book have a far-reaching impact on readers.
这本书对读者产生了长远影响。

6. Hillary Rodham went on to become a lawyer involved in the congressional investigation of the Watergate scandal.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：Don't involve yourself in unnecessary dispute.
不要把自己卷入无谓的争论中。

7. That was before the term of office was increased from two years to four years. Clinton went on to serve as governor of Arkansas until nineteen ninety-two.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

8. “And so, in the name of all those who do the work, pay the taxes, raise the kids, and play by the rules; in the name of the hard-working Americans who make up our forgotten middle class, I proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States.

in the name of以…的名义,凭
例句：Stop doing that, in the name of God!
看在上帝的分上,别干了!
make up组成, 构成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。

9. If you’re paying twelve, thirteen dollars, fourteen dollars an hour for factory workers, and you can move your factory south of the border, pay a dollar an hour for your labor, have no health care -- that’s the most expensive single element in making a car -- have no environmental controls, no pollution controls, and no retirement, and you don’t care about anything but making money, there will be a giant sucking sound going south.

care about在乎, 在意
例句：I don't care about what happens.
我不在乎发生什么事。

10. My opponent will not rule out raising taxes, but I will, and the Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I’ll say ‘No.’

rule out宣布…不可能; 排除…的可能性
例句：A sudden storm ruled out the boat race.
突如其来的暴风雨使划船比赛无法进行。

11. Communism’s collapse has called forth old animosities and new dangers.

call forth使出现；使产生；使起作用；引起
例句：His speech called forth admiration from all the people present.
他的讲话引起所有出席的人的赞赏。