VOA慢速英语:ASEAN-US Summit May Not See Major Results

短语讲解：

1. He said that because 2016 is President Obama’s last year in office, he does not believe “a great deal of substance” will come from next week’s meeting.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：Ambient noise may come from any direction.
外界噪声可以来自任意方向。

2. Because of this, he says, the United States is “firmly in the driving seat of this summit.

because of 因为，由于
例句：John's jacket got out of shape because of the heavy rain.
约翰的夹克因为大雨而变形。

3. In other words, the United States could have control of the meeting.

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句：In other words it has a large automorphism group.
换言之，它有大的自同构群。