VOA慢速英语:American History: George W. Bush’s First Term

talk about 谈论;谈到
例句：What are they talking about?
他们在谈什么?

2. This week in our series, we look at domestic policy during thefirst term of President George W. Bush.

look at 看
例句：Look at the map, please.
请看这张地图。

3. And he called on Americans to care for and respect each other.

care for 照料
例句：Who will care for the house while the family is away?
全家人都不在时,由谁照料这间房子呢?
each other 互相
例句：We promised each other to work hard.
我们彼此允诺要努力用功。

4. Negotiators approved the treaty in Kyoto, Japan, at the end ofnineteen ninety-seven to show their concern about climate change.

at  the end of 在……的尽头，在……的末尾
例句：At the end of the day , they are all hungry and Frank 'suncle gives them good food for supper .
在一天快要结束的时候，他们全都饿了。弗兰克的叔叔给他们煮好吃的食物做晚餐。

5. Those countries would not have been required to cut the largeamounts of greenhouse gases they were producing.

amounts of 大量的
例句：It wastes amounts of electricity , radiating 95% of theenergy it consumes as heat rather than light .
因为它浪费了大量的电力资源，消耗的电能中有95%是用来发热而不是发光。

6. Bush said the agreement was unfair and would harm Americanindustry at a time when the economy was weakening.

at a time 每次;一次
例句：The same genes can often control more than one physicaltrait at a time .
同样的基因通常在一个时期可以控制一种以上的物理特性。

7. In January two thousand two, he signed legislation passed byCongress called the No Child Left Behind Act.

pass by 经过;过去
例句：A bus has just passed by.
一辆公共汽车刚刚过去。

8. It held schools responsible for showing that all students weremaking progress, based on standards chosen by the statesthemselves.

responsible for 是...的原由
例句：The bad weather is responsible for the small attendance.
出席率低是由于天气不佳。
base on 基于
例句：And he says the nation should consider a stop-over base on the Martian moon Phobos .
他说，美国应该考虑在火星的卫星弗伯斯上建一个中途基地。