VOA慢速英语:Obama, in Mideast Speech, Supports Palestinian Demand

短语讲解：

1. Today I want to make it clear that it is a top priority that must be translated into concrete actions and supported by all of the diplomatic, economic and strategic tools at our disposal.

translate into把…转化成
例句：We must make efforts to translate our ideal into reality.
我们必须努力把理想变为现实。

2. President Assad now has a choice: he can lead that transition, or get out of the way.

get out of停止; 改掉; 戒掉; 脱离, 摆脱, 克服; 避免做某事
例句：He has already got out of danger.
他已脱险。

3. It must allow human rights monitors to have access to cities like Dara'a, and start a serious dialogue to advance a democratic transition.

have access to有途径（接触，使用，接近）, 可以使用
例句：I have access to his office.
我可以进出他的办公室。

4. After all, politics alone has not put protesters into the streets.

after all毕竟; 究竟
例句：Don't get discouraged by setbacks, we are new to the work after all.
别因挫折而灰心, 这工作对我们来说毕竟还是陌生的
put into使处于某种状态。
例句：The regulations have been put into practice on a trial basis.
这些规定已开始试行。

5. The tipping point for so many people is the more constant concern of putting food on the table and providing for a family.

provide for为…提供生活费
例句：He had to provide for five children.
他要供养五个孩子。

6. Too many in the region wake up with few expectations other than making it through the day, and perhaps the hope that their luck will change.

wake up醒来; 唤醒, 弄醒
例句：I woke up in the night feeling cold.
我夜间醒来感到很冷。

7. He said the borders of Israel and a future Palestine should be based on lines that existed before the nineteen sixty-seven Middle East war.

be based on根据，以…为基础
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

8. The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine.

result in导致,结果是
例句：The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
这次水灾造成相当大的减产。

9. But he said Israel cannot go back to the nineteen sixty-seven lines.

go back to回去
例句：They yearned to go back to their homeland.
他们念念不忘要回到祖国。

10. He praised Mr. Obama for talking in detail about borders, saying it was an important point for the Palestinians.

in detail详细地
例句：She described the accident in detail.
她详细地叙述了那次事故。