VOA慢速英语:Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924: 'The Grand Old Man of Labor'

短语讲解：

1. During meetings, workers could talk about their problems.

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

2. In eighteen seventy-three, he started working for an old German socialist, David Hirsch.

work for 为…而工作；效劳；致力
例句：Let us work for a world of decent work for all.
让我们共同致力于建设一个人人享有体面工作的世界。

3. For example, labor and management might negotiate for more money, fewer hours and cleaner working places for workers.

for example 比如说
例句：We have, for example, adopted payment by installments.
比如说：我们采取分期付款。

4. The delegates agreed to organize an alliance called the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada.

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

5. He soon learned, however, that the alliance of unions had neither the money nor the power to do much more than talk about these issues.

more than 超过；在…次以上
例句：She was no more than 16.
她是不超过16个。

6. After a strike, he said, businessmen and workers understood each other better and this was good for the nation.

be good for 值得，有效；利于
例句：Water may also be good for the heart.
水对于心魄也是有帮助益的。