VOA慢速英语:‘Patriotic Millionaires’ Say Their Taxes Are Too Low

1. However, a group of rich Americans has formed to try to influence those negotiations.

try to vt. 设法
例句：Please try to save the tooth.
请设法补救这个牙齿。

2. They are worried about the growing gap between the upper- and middle- classes in the United States.

worry about vt. 担心
例句：You worry about my health?
你担心我的健康？

3. If an agreement is not reached by the end of this year, taxes will go up for most Americans, and federal spending will go down sharply.

go up 上升
例句：Because when scores go up, funding goes up.
因为分数上去了,拨款就多了.

4. When it comes to the top two percent, what I’m not going to do is to extend further a tax cut for folks who don’t need it, which would cost close to a trillion dollars.

close to 接近
例句：You came very close to preaching just now.
你刚才已经很接近在布道了。

5. “I have outlined a framework for how both parties can work together to avert the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates.”

work together 共事
例句：Today, their son to work together for peace.
如今，他们的儿子为了和平携手合作。

6. They also do not agree with the idea that increasing taxes on those who create jobs means fewer jobs will be created. T.J. Zlotnitsky is the head of iControl Systems, a data management company.

agree with 同意
例句：Do you agree with their opinion?
你同意他们的说法吗?