VOA慢速英语:American History: The Final Decade of the Century

1. For the first time in seventy years, one in ten Americans was born in another country.

born in 出生
例句：Bill was born in Canada but was brought up in America.(bring up) 
比尔出生于加拿大，但在在美国长大。

2. But in the end, like other presidents before him, Clinton failed to win support for that idea in Congress.

in the end 最后;终于
例句：Everything will be all right in the end.
最终一切都会好的。

3. Now, the story that might never have surfaced if someone hadn ’t picked up his home video camera.

pick up 拾起
例句：The boy picked up the hat for the old man.
男孩替老人拾起了帽子。

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

lead to 导致
例句：Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。

5. LOS ANGELES TV ANCHOR: “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 通过,穿过; (工作)完成
例句：When you get through with your work, let's go out.
你完成工作后,我们出去吧。

6. It was a big event. But there were also concerns about the "millennium bug" or "Y2K" issue.

concern about 关心；担心
例句：She showed great concern about you. 
她很为你担心。 

7.  Lots of activity went into making sure things would go smoothly after midnight on December thirty-first, nineteen ninety-nine.

make sure 查明;设法确保,确定
例句：You must make sure of the time and place. 
你必须把时间和地点弄清楚。