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VOA慢速英语:Obama Says His Path 'Leads to a Better Place'

2012-09-08来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. The path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place. And I'm asking you to choose that future.

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

2. MICHELLE OBAMA: "For Barack, success isn't about how much money you make. It's about the difference you make in people's lives."

how much 多少
例句：How much time do you spend practicing English everyday?
你每天花多少时间练习英文？

3. The unemployment rate remained above eight percent for the forty-third month in a row.

in a row 连续，一连
例句：With despair he heard the man call three numbers in a row.
他失望地听到那人一连叫了三个数字。

4. It was losing eight hundred thousand jobs a month when he took office.

take office 就任
例句：Every man who take office in washington either grow or swell.
每一个华盛顿就任的人，不阔即发。