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VOA常速英语:Monti Sworn in as New Italian PM
短语讲解:
1. Economist Mario Monti has been sworn in as Italy’s new prime minister, with a mandate to restore stability to the country’s economy and respectability to its politics.
swear in使宣誓就职
例句:The new Governor is being sworn in next week.
下星期新总督要宣誓就职。
2. “The whole apparatus that it was necessary to set up in order to ensure fiscal discipline maybe has not paid enough attention to some growth elements, like public investments," said Monti.
set up 创立,建立,树立;资助,扶持
例句:Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。
in order to为了
例句:We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。
pay attention to注意,关心
例句:You should pay attention to your spelling.
你要注意拼写。
3. “They are on a good track, I must say, relative to the past," he said. "They need to do more in terms of, each of them, reasoning as a co-decision maker in Europe, and not just as a national leader.”
relative to关于…的, 和…比较起来
例句:Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.
与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的。
in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句:He referred to your work in terms of high praise.
他对你的工作大加赞扬。
4. Monti’s stature and experience no doubt helped him in meetings to garner support for his new government.
no doubt很可能; 无疑地
例句:There is no doubt that he was in a highly excitable condition just now.
很可能他刚才处于极度兴奋状态之中。
5. “It’s of great importance not to allow the tensions associated with the euro zone crisis, and sometimes the bad feelings among various people and member states, lead to some fragmentation or backward movement in the single market," said Monti.
lead to 导致, 引起
例句:An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。
6. Like their neighbors in Greece, some Italians have taken to the streets to express their anger at the austerity plan the new prime minister will have to implement.
take to the streets睡在街上;走上街头[游行]等
例句:Several thousand Paris students took to the streets and held up the traffic.
几千巴黎学生走上街头游行,使交通阻塞。
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