VOA慢速英语:US Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Law, Strikes Down Much of Immigration Law

1. We also report on a case that dealt with the sentencing of murderers under the age of eighteen.

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。

2. The law came to be known as “Obamacare.”

known as 被认为是,被称为
例句：The resultant defect is known as chromatic aberration. 
由此而产生的缺陷叫做色差。

3. In fact, twenty-six states sued to overturn it.

in fact 事实上
例句：I think so; in fact, I am quite sure.
我想如此,事实上我十分相信如此。

4. They include requiring insurance companies to pay for preventative health care and banning limits on the amount of money insurance companies pay for care.

pay for 因...受到惩罚;为...付出代价
例句：He'll have to pay for what he has done.
他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

5. Whatever the politics, today’s decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold it.

because of 因为
例句：Because of the storm he didn't go there.
因为暴风雨他没有去那儿。

6. Some parts of the law go into effect before the presidential election this November.

go into effect 生效;被实施
例句：The new tax regulations came into effect last month.
新税法是上个月生效的。

7. Opponents of the law -- including Hispanic groups -- said it forces police to make stops and arrests based on a person’s race or ethnicity.

base on 基于
例句："Base on Yunfu, orient to the world and aim at the future." 
立足云浮,面向世界,走向未来。 

8. These mandatory-sentencing laws remove from judges the ability to consider what happened in the young person’s life before they committed a murder.

remove from 除掉
例句：How can I remove the stains(grease)from my coat? 
我上衣上的墨迹(油迹)怎样才能去掉? 

9. Of those seventy-nine juveniles, more than half were sentenced in states that have no minimum age for trying children as adults.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。

10. It says at least thirteen other countries sentence juvenile killers to life without parole, including Australia, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.

at least 至少
例句：At least, I sincerely hope so. 
至少我是真诚地这样希望的。