VOA慢速英语:American History: Bill Clinton’s Second Term

come to an end结束,终止
例句：The diving competitions have come to an end.
跳水项目已经比赛完了。

2. More people, and not just the wealthy, were investing in the stock market.

invest in在…上投资, 在…投入(时间、精力等)
例句：He invested his money in shares.
他把钱投资在股票上。

3. He had also run for president in nineteen ninety-two, and received nineteen percent of the popular vote.

run for竞选；让…竞选
例句：Mr. Brown did not want to run for governor of the state last year.
布朗先生去年不想竞选州长。

4. Bob Dole, in his campaign, accused President Clinton of spending too much. Clinton's answer was that he had stopped Congress from cutting too much from programs like health insurance for retirees.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。
stop from阻止某事发生
例句：Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes.
眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。

5. As he began his second term, he chose the first woman to serve as secretary of state.

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。

6. At the end of his first term Clinton had gotten into a budget fight with the Republicans which resulted in two government shutdowns.

result in导致,结果是
例句：The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
这次水灾造成相当大的减产。

7. Later in the year, President Clinton ordered military action in response to Iraq's refusal to cooperate with United Nations inspectors.

in response to对…做出反应
例句：She laughed in response to his jokes.
他的话引起她大笑。
cooperate with与(某人)协作, 合作
例句：The children cooperated with their teachers in keeping the classroom neat.
孩子们和老师一起保持教室整洁。

8. Clinton ordered missile strikes against targets that U.N. officials said could have been linked to such weapons of mass destruction.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

9. Clinton later pushed for the nineteen ninety-five peace agreement to end the Bosnian war.

push for急切、强烈地要求, 为…奋力争取
例句：We were pushed for time and had to quit some place to visit.
由于时间紧迫, 我们只好放弃一些地方不去参观了。

10. It called for Israeli forces to withdraw from some areas of the West Bank. The Wye Memorandum resulted from nine days of negotiations at the Wye River Plantation in Maryland.

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。
withdraw from(使)离开〔退出〕
例句：Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.
我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
result from产生于…, 由…引起
例句：His failure resulted from not working hard enough.
他的失败是工作不够努力造成的。