VOA慢速英语:US to Continue Investigating Civil Rights Murders

短语讲解：

1. It also said investigating old cases is difficult because “witnesses die or can no longer be located,” people forget what they saw, and “evidence is destroyed or lost."

no longer 不再，已不
例句：After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
大约3个月后，我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。

2. The Justice Department pointed to its successful criminal case against James Ford Seale.

point to 指; 显示…的位置[方向]; 表明
例句：High interest rates do not point to a buoyant market this year
今年的高利率并不表明市场繁荣。

3. As supporters of the law point out, many crimes targeting blacks and other civil rights workers in the 1950s and 1960s were not investigated by local police agencies.

point out 指明; 指出，把注意力引向…; 提示
例句："No matter who point out our shortcoming, we will correct them."
不管谁指出我们的缺点，我们都改正。

4. Johnson said that, when she and McDonald travel, they often hear from “relatives who believed they lost loved ones due to racial violence.”

due to 由于; 因为; 欠下债[账]
例句：Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, this year's show has been cancelled
遗憾的是，由于一些意外情况，今年的演出被取消了。