VOA慢速英语:Pictures Connect People for Earth Day 2013

短语讲解：

1. He realized that this “teach-in” method would be a useful way for the public to express concern about the environment to federal and state officials.

concern about 使（自己）关心…
例句：The first is continuing market concern about sovereign debt.
首先是市场对主权债务的持续担忧。

2. It was so popular that his Senate office alone could not deal with the many responses.

deal with 惠顾； 与…交易
例句：Can you deal with the money part?
你能处理钱的部分吗？

3. The Environmental Protection Agency aimed to bring together federal research, supervision, and enforcement of environmental matters.

bring together 使相识； 使坐在一起； 使会面
例句：With such a computer database you can easily bring together people who belong together.
利用这些电脑数据库，你可以很轻松的将属于一块的人们聚集起来。

4. We had a bunch of people take to the streets in Bulgaria to protest deforestation and to demand that the government start taking action.

take action 采取行动，行动起来
例句：Now it's time to take action.
现在是采取行动的时候了。

5. Polo helps Ms. Vant talk about solutions to environmental problems.

talk about 讨论，谈论
例句：The president did talk about china's trade policies.
奥巴马总统也谈到了中国贸易政策。

6. Or if a child comes up with a brilliant idea for saving energy or reducing the emission waste that their family might be using, he might get really excited and maybe do a little dance.

come up with 追赶上；比得上
例句：I'll come up with you soon.
我很快会赶上你的。

7. People are no longer getting hurt in fires.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：That rule no longer holds true.
这个规律将不再正确。