VOA慢速英语:Will US Let Some Undocumented Immigrants Stay?

短语讲解：

1. That means the government can force her parents to leave the country – and their daughter – at any time.

at any time 随时; 任何时候
例句：If it is necessarily we can drive another car here at any time.
如果有必要的话我们可以随时开来另一辆汽车。

2. Fear for themselves that they are going to be picked up on their way home.

pick up 捡起; 接载; 学会
例句：He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.
他从地板上拾起帽子，重新戴在头上。

3. President Obama approved DAPA, but Congress never agreed to it.

agree to 同意， 赞成， 同意照办
例句：We cannot agree to consign the goods.
我们不同意寄售此货。

4. Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress usually makes the laws, and the president’s administration makes sure the laws are followed.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：Make sure the passengers are strapped in(to their seats) before driving off.
开车前请乘客务必系好安全带。

5. The state of Texas – along with 25 other states – are challenging Obama’s executive order in the Supreme Court.

along with 连同; 以及; 和…一起
例句：The bill came along with the package.
单据和包裹一起来的。

6. In other words, they could say that Texas and the other states do not have the right to sue in federal court.

In other words 换句话说
例句：In other words, menus provide a pedagogic vector.
换句话说，菜单是一条学习的途径。