1.in poverty 處于貧困當中
Nearly half of all Sudanese live in poverty.
幾乎一半蘇丹人生活在貧困中 。
2. grew up 成長
Some people go away from home for college or a job and find out that not everybody is like the family they grew up in.
一些人離開家去上大學,找工作,然后發現,不是每個人都像伴他們成長起來的家人一樣的 。
3.confederate States 聯邦各州
Soldiers of the new Confederate States of America shelled the Union base at Fort Sumter, built on an island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. They captured Fort Sumter after two days.
七個南方州脫離了合眾國,新成立的南部邦聯政府的軍隊炮擊了合眾國位于南卡羅萊納州查爾斯頓港外的一個島上的軍事要塞――薩姆特堡,兩天后,他們占領了這座軍事要塞 。
4. black codes 黑人法典
Like the Black Codes and the KKK’s disarmament efforts, the gun-control laws of the 1960s also led to a backlash.
和《黑人法典》和“三K黨”為卸除武裝所作的努力類似,20世紀60年代的槍支管制法律也遭到強烈反對 。
5.leave office 離任
And the president's trip, in part, was a chance to put the best possible face on the situation there as he prepares to leave office.
布什總統此行,在某種程度上,有可能在他離任之前讓這里的局勢盡可能更好一些 。