VOA慢速英语:European Ministers Agree to Loan Greece Another $172 Billion

agree to同意, 赞成, 同意照办
例句：He agreed to our sending Jack to Hong Kong.
他赞成我们把杰克派往香港。

2. After a meeting of at least, I think, thirteen or fourteen hours, we have reached a far-reaching agreement on Greece’s new program and private sector involvement that will lead to a very significant debt reduction for Greece.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

3. But Greece’s EU neighbors are unlikely to release new loans until the budget cuts are in place.

in place适当的, 适合的, 在适当的位置；准备就绪
例句：They put in place the tools of my new business.
他们把我干这一新行当所需要的用具安放得井井有条。

4. I think we learned a lot about the means that we need to have to deal with emergency situations.

deal with与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句：He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。

5. Secondly, we learned that our governance system was not yet at the right level of sophistication, and we are in fact changing a lot; if not, there is a small revolution going on inside the euro area in the way we deal with what we call the economic governance.

go on发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。