VOA慢速英语:US Supreme Court Avoids Ruling on Affirmative Action Case

1. In the new decision, the justices did not deal with the question of affirmative action itself, as many observers had expected.

deal with 处理
例句：Can you deal with the money part?
你能处理钱的部分吗？

2. Abigail Fisher argued that it was wrong to reject her, when minority students with similar grades and test scores were accepted because of affirmative action.

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？

3.  And those that feel they need to consider race or ethnicity and make that decision should be able to do so, in line with the law that has been proclaimed by the Supreme Court since the 1970's.

be able to 能够
例句：We hope you'll be able to attend.
我们希望你能够前来参加。