和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Trump: US to Withdraw From Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

2016-11-23来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. In a short YouTube video Tuesday, Trump spoke about plans for his administration.

speak about 谈论; 提到…
例句:He has nothing to speak about that thing.
关于那件事他没有什么可说的。

2. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, the United States is responsible for about 60 percent of economic production among the 12 TPP countries.

according to 根据,按照
例句:According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。

3. Last week, Abe was the first foreign leader to meet with Trump since he won the U.S. presidential election over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

meet with 碰到; 偶然遇到
例句:They will surely meet with due punishment.
他们一定会受到应得的惩罚。

4. Trump ran on a promise to bring back American manufacturing jobs that he says were lost mainly because of unfair trade deals.

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。