VOA慢速英语:President Obama Wins Second Term

1. When Ronald Reagan was elected president in nineteen eighty, whites made up eighty-five percent of the electorate.

make up 组成
例句：The train be make up of 15 coach.
火车由十五节车厢组成。

2. In addition to minorities, both women and young people were more likely to support the president than Mister Romney.

be likely to 可能
例句：I shall be likely to catch cold if I go out tonight without my overcoat.
如果今晚不穿大衣出去，我会感冒的。

3. The president is facing a number of difficult issues as he prepares for his second term.

a number of 一些
例句：There are a number of negroes in the city.
这个城市有一些黑人。

4. What the American people are looking for is cooperation, their looking for consensus, they're looking for common sense.

look for 寻找
例句：He is look for secretarial work.
他在寻找文秘工作。

5. In the elections Tuesday, Republicans lost a few seats in the House of Representatives, but not enough to lose their majority. Mr. Obama's Democratic Party still controls the Senate.

enough to 足够
例句：We have time enough to do these exercises.
我们有足够的时间做这些练习。