VOA慢速英语:State Department Directives Describe New Steps for US Visas

短语讲解：

1.It said officials should be looking for people who are suspected of terrorist ties or of having been in areas controlled by the Islamic State group.

look for 寻找（某人或某物）
例句：Consumers look for the best values for that they spend.
消费者总是希望他们所花的钱能获得最大的价值。

2.Another directive ordered embassies to set up security and intelligence working groups to establish guidance for “population sets.”

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

3.Social media checks, as well as demands for social media passwords at U.S. borders, have significant implications for privacy and freedom of expression.

as well as 也，又
例句：They visited some factories, hospitals as well as the school.
他们参观了这所学校，还参观了工厂和医院。

4.We have a criminal background check database that they have to go through.

go through （法律、合同等正式） 通过; 用完; 检查
例句：He was going through a very difficult time
他正处于非常艰难的时期。