VOA慢速英语:US West Coast Ports Working Again

1. Workers say they also worry about increasing automation of port operations, reducing the need for workers.

worry about 担心
例句：Don't worry about him; he is a cheerful and elastic man. 
别为他担心;他是个快活开朗的人。 

2. Many other businesses depend on goods passing through the ports, such as beer makers that use imported hops, farmers with crops to ship.

depend on 依赖; 相信
例句：Huge industries depend on agriculture for either markets or materials. 
大工业依赖农业对它们提供市场和原料。 

3. One California children's clothing company has been waiting for its products trapped in ships near the Port of Oakland.

wait for 等待
例句：I don't have to wait for their cue. 
我并不等着他们的指点。 

4. “The fact that we have larger ships coming now, that is creating peak demand for labor and for equipment is putting a lot of pressure on our infrastructure, not only the ports, but the road network, rail capacity, distribution center and warehousing.”

not only ... but ...不但...而且...
例句：I can not only swim but also skate.
我不但会游泳，而且会滑冰。

5. Those ports process more than 25 percent of all U.S. maritime trade and more than 70 percent of the nation's imports from Asia.

more than 多于
例句：True friendship is worth more than money. 
真正的友谊比金钱更有价值。