VOA慢速英语:Religious Leaders Work to Ease US Racial Divisions

短语讲解：

1. Instead of pointing fingers, we need to figure out why so many police feel so stressed doing their job and why so many African-Americans feel targeted by the police,” said Curt Harlow, minister at the Bayside Church in Sacramento, California.

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出; 弄明白
例句：We must figure out how to solve the problem.
我们必须想出解决这个问题的办法。

2. But churches, regardless of whether they are all or mostly black, or all or mostly white, have a role to play because of their moral and religious standing.

because of 因为，由于
例句：Because of a squall the chase has to be called off.
由于风势太大，追捕只好作罢。

3. It isn’t just Christians, but this mandate of caring for those who are facing difficulty is found in the Koran and the Talmud,” Blackmon said.

care for 照料; 喜欢
例句：I wonder whether they will care for us all to go there.
我不知道他们是否喜欢我们都到那儿去。

4. Stetzer said it makes sense that when blacks and whites sit down together to pray it will help.

make sense 有意义; 理解; 讲得通; 是明智的
例句：Can you make sense of what I say?
你能领会我说的意思吗？