和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:US Farmers Want to End Cuba Trade Embargo

2015-03-12来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. In December, President Obama announced he had decided that the two nations should officially recognize one another.

one another 互相
例句:The pictures follow one another in swift succession. 
画面飞快地按顺序相继出现。 

2. He says he grows a lot of special corn, including non-GMO.

a lot of 许多
例句:A lot of cars are manufactured in Europe. 
很多汽车是欧洲制造的。 

3. But he says he knows there are problems that must be dealt with.

deal with 与…交易; 应付;  对待
例句:I hate to deal with such a vegetable. 
我不愿意同这种无精打采的人打交道。 

4. That said, 54 years of our embargo has done very, very little as far as improving the human rights conditions in Cuba.

as far as 只要; 远到…; 据…; 直到…为止
例句:As far as I know, he has gone to town. 
就我所知,他到镇子上去了。