VOA慢速英语:American History: Debating the Part of Slaves Under a New Constitution

短语讲解：

1. In one house -- the House of Representatives -- the number of representatives from each state would depend on the state's population.

depend on 依赖；相信
例句：Children must depend on their parents.
孩子们必须依赖他们的父母。

2.  No one wanted to talk about it.

talk about 谈论
例句：People would talk about that episode.
人们会谈论那些情节的。

3. And northern ship owners made a lot of money by importing slaves from Africa.

a lot of 诸多
例句：I subscribed to a lot of periodicals last year.
去年我订了诸多期刊。

4. A modern-day Supreme Court justice, Clarence Thomas, came from a family whose ancestors included slaves.

come from 来自
例句：Did these books come from your store?
这些书来自你的书店吗?

5. Only three states -- Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina -- continued to import slaves.

continue to 继续
例句：Let me continue to revel in those memories!
让我继续沉醉在这些回忆中吧！

6. “They inherited it, to be sure, and they worried about it, but not enough.” 

worry about 担心
例句：Don't worry about your spelling.
不要担心你的拼写。

7. “What was the founders’ biggest mistake? Not that they didn’t get rid of slavery immediately.

get rid of 除掉，去掉
例句：We must get rid of the bad habits.
我们必须去掉坏习惯。

8. They come up with this document in, what, four months. And now you have it.

come up with 追赶上；比得上
例句：Slow down a bit and let me come up with you.
跑慢一点让我赶上吧。

9. But that meant they could agree to accept ratification by fewer than 13 states.

agree to 答应
例句：Well, I think we can agree to that.
这样的话，我想我们可以接受了。

10. The delegates needed only to write out their agreements in final form and sign the document.

write out 写出
例句：Please write out the answers to these questions.
请写出这些问题的答案。