VOA慢速英语:Program Helps Lift American Families Out of Poverty

短语讲解：

1. The foundation was set up to help people in the community.

set up 建立; 准备; 安排
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country.
他们在全国建立好多分公司。

2. If people in America don't feel like they have a reasonable shot at working and earning a better life and creating a better opportunity for their children, I think our democracy is threatened at its very core.

feel like 摸起来像是…，有…的感觉
例句：I feel like a newborn baby.
我感觉像是个新生的婴儿。