VOA慢速英语:Circle Your Wagons

短语讲解：

1.Some language experts say this expression comes from the time when many Americans were moving away from the East Coast to what is now the western United States.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：He's just come from the countryside.
他刚从乡下来。

2.A firing squad is one way to carry out an execution.

carry out 进行; 执行; 完成; 抬出去
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties.
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责。

3.A political party is rarely able to get all of its members to agree on every issue.

agree on 对某事[物]有同样看法， 商定[同意]某事， 商定做某事; 协议
例句：They agree on these terms.
他们一致同意这些条款。

4. “Mutual” describes something that two or more groups or people share or have in common.

in common 共有
例句：We happened to discover we had a friend in common
我们凑巧发现我们有一个共同的朋友。

5.As soon as the chief said “budget cuts,” people started circling their wagons.

as soon as 一…就…; 一经
例句：As soon as we found this out, we closed the ward
我们一发现此事就关闭了病房。

6.We don’t want to turn into a circular firing squad. Internal disputes are an easy way to destroy the company.

turn into 成为; （使） 变成; 译成
例句：The war might turn into a miniature Stalingrad.
这场战争也许会变成小规模的斯大林格勒战役。