VOA慢速英语:John Adams: He's Number Two

短语讲解：

1. Today we are talking about John Adams.

talk about 讨论，谈论
例句：I had a long talk about this with my best friend.
我和我最好的朋友就此事进行了长谈。

2. And being the second president of a new country, following a popular first president such as George Washington, turned out to be extremely difficult.

turn out 关掉; 结果是; 制造
例句：If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.
如果我早知道自己的人生结局会是如此，我当时宁愿让他们杀了我。

3. For one thing, Adams did not always get along with other people.

get along with 进展; 与…和睦相处
例句：I like to think I'm relatively easy to get along with.
我愿意认为自己相对比较容易相处。

4. The two men belonged to the same political party and shared many points of view.

belong to  属于
例句：Earls, princes, and kings belong to the nobility.
伯爵、亲王和国王属于贵族。

5. Adams worked hard to make sure the U.S. did not get pulled into a war between France and Great Britain.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：I make sure I make time for fishing because it's how I de-stress.
我一定会腾出时间去钓鱼，因为这是我减压放松的方法。

6. He grew up outside the city of Boston.

grow up 长大; 向上生长; 成熟
例句：She grew up in Tokyo.
她在东京长大。

7. The two wrote many letters to each other during the years they were apart.

each other 互相，彼此
例句：These two examples duplicate each other.
这两个例子重了。

8. Some people wondered whether the country would be able to transfer power peacefully.

be able to 能够; 能
例句：They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break
他们可以帮忙照料孩子，这样你就可以歇一歇了。

9. On July 4, 1826 – the nation’s 50th birthday – the two friends, patriots and former U.S. presidents died within hours of one another.

one another 互相
例句：There is the problem of cancelling out one another's forces among the states.
国家之间存在着力量相互抵消的问题。