VOA慢速英语:American History: The 1990s

recover from恢复, 痊愈
例句：That country hasn't yet recovered from the effects of the war.
战争结束以来, 那个国家尚未恢复元气。

2. Now, the story that might never have surfaced if someone hadn’t picked up his home video camera. We’ve all seen the pictures of Los Angeles Police officers beating a man they had just pulled over

pick up拾起, 捡起; 抬起
例句：I would have picked it up if I had noticed it.
我如果看见的话, 我早就把它拣起来了。
pull over靠向路边
例句：The tourists signaled the driver to pull over.
游客们招呼司机把车开到路边。

3. The beating led to criminal charges against four white police officers.

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。

4. Don’t go near this area -- South Central Los Angeles at Florence and Normandy, because there is still no police presence there, and a lot of people trying to get through that intersection have been assaulted with rocks and bottles and sticks.

get through穿过; 通过
例句：The passage is too narrow for cars to get through.
通道太窄, 汽车过不去。

5. O.J. Simpson, a black former football star and actor, was charged with murdering his white former wife and a male friend of hers.

charge with指控…犯有罪
例句：They charged him with negligence of duty.
他们指责他玩忽职守。

6. But later, in a civil case brought by the victims' families, a mostly white jury found him responsible for the killings and ordered him to pay damages.

responsible for为…负责;是造成…的原因
例句：The bad weather is responsible for the small attendance.
出席率低是由于天气不佳。

7. The Internet would grow into an easy way to send e-mail, find information and buy products over the World Wide Web.

grow into成长为…; 逐渐适应, 变得适合
例句：The small shop grew into a large firm.
那个小店发展成为一家大公司。

8. Many fans tuned in to watch George Clooney play a young doctor on the show.

tune in调整频率(至…), 调整(收音机、电视)
例句：Tune in to London tomorrow night at seven.
明晚七点调到伦敦电台收听。

9. You never know what hand you’re going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you.

comes at达到，拿到；接近
例句：Put the food where the cat can't come at it.
把食物放在猫够不着的地方。

10. In it, dinosaurs from prehistoric times are brought back to life, with disastrous results.

bring back使(某人)恢复(某状态)
例句：We must bring him back to health.
我们必须使他恢复健康。

11. But the election of George W. Bush resulted in a dispute that divided the nation. That will be our story next week.

result in导致,结果是
例句：The quarrel resulted in his mother leaving the house.
争吵导致了他母亲离家出走。