VOA慢速英语:American History: Life in the 1970s and 1980s

短语讲解：

1. This week in our series, we look back at some of the social issues and cultural changes in America in the nineteen seventies and eighties.
 
look back 回顾
例句：We look back over all that has happened during the last year. 
我们回顾了在过去一年中所发生的一切。 

2. By the nineteen eighties, however, many people seemed more concerned with themselves than with helping society.

concern with 关心，挂念
例句：They have no concern with the dispute. 
他们和那纷争没有关系。 

3. For a while, these years brought a continuation of the social experiments and struggles of the sixties.

for a while 一会
例句：Please take care of the baby for me for a while, will you? 请替我照顾一下这孩子,好吗? 

4. As the nineteen seventies went on, many Americans became tired of economic struggle.

go on (时间)过去
例句：As the months went on, he became impatient.
一个又一个月过去,他逐渐变得不耐烦了。

5. His opinions on subjects like race and women's equality were always good for an argument with his liberal daughter and even more liberal son-in-law.

be good for 有益于;适于
例句：Exercise is good for circulation. 
运动有益于血液循环。

6. Those banks are going to find out that they’ve got more than they can handle.

find out 查清
例句：We were curious to find out what had happened. 
我们急于想了解出了什么事。 

7. Personal computers appeared in more and more offices, schools and homes.

more and more 越来越
例句：Everything grew more and more extravagant. 
一切一切都越来越离奇荒诞。