英音听力讲解:奥巴马将向高收入人群增税

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短语讲解：

1. Setting the tone for talks with congressional leaders, Mr Obama said he was open to cooperation and compromise with Republicans.

talk with 与...交谈
例句：I must have a talk with her.
我得和她谈一谈。

2. The Republican Party, which has the majority in Congress, is strongly opposed to tax rises, but Mr Obama said his re-election on Tuesday showed that the majority of Americans agreed with his approach.

agree with 与某人[观点]一致
例句：They agree with my words.
他们同意我的话。

3. The vehicle, which was armoured  was riddled by more than 150 bullets.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

4. There were two CIA agents inside and a member of Mexican marines. Since the investigation unfolded under pressure from Washington, it became clear that the gunmen were in fact federal police officers.

in fact 其实
例句：In fact, I'm like that as well.
其实，我也喜欢那样。

5. The government suggested that the officers were in league with the country’s violent drug cartels and that the attack was in some way related to the cooperation between the United States and Mexico in a fight against drug trafficking.

in league with 和…联合着；伙同；勾结
例句：He is privately in league with some bandits.
他暗中和一些盗匪勾结。

6. At least 13 prisoners have been killed in armed clashes with guards at Sri Lanka’s biggest jail after the worst riot there in decades.

at least 至少
例句：At least two yeas of experience.
至少有两年的经验。

7. No one has admitted carrying out the attack, but the militant Islamist group al Shabaab had threatened to kill the elders.

carry out 执行
例句：We ought to carry out the task.
我们必须执行这项任务。