VOA慢速英语:Obama Administration Proposes Federal Budget

短语讲解：

1. The plan calls for three trillion 770 billion dollars in federal spending during the year beginning in October.

call for 要求
例句：Consumers call for a boycott of apple products.
消费者要求抵制苹果产品。

3. President Obama, who is a Democrat, says he has gone more than halfway to meet concerns of Republican lawmakers who have resisted tax increases.

more than 多于
例句：We have more than a car!
我们可不止有辆车！

3. But he says any compromise must not hurt Americans who depend on these programs.

depend on 依赖；相信
例句：It will depend on how events unfold.
这将取决于事态如何发展。

4. But I am willing to accept them as part of a compromise, if and only if they contain protections for the most vulnerable Americans.

be willing to 乐于；甘于
例句：Be willing to listen, but don't be fooled.
乐于倾听，但是不要被愚弄了。