英语新闻听写 奥巴马总统拜访伊丽莎白女王

This Friday President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited the royal family in London, United Kingdom.

周五，美国总统奥巴马和第一夫人米歇尔在英国伦敦访问了王室。

They met with Queen Elizabeth and had a formal dinner with all of England’s royals.

他们会见了英国女王伊丽莎白，并与所有英国王室成员进行正式的晚餐。

The reason for their visit was political.

他们访问是出于政治目的。

After Britain withdrew¹ from the European Union, President Obama said that he wanted to maintain² the “special relationship” the United States and Britain have.

自英国退出欧盟后，奥巴马总统表示，他希望美英两国保持“特殊的关系”。

1 withdrew   

v.取[收]回( withdraw的过去式 )；（使）撤退[出]；提；收回

参考例句：

• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She quickly withdrew her hand from the hot iron. 她很快地将手从火烫的熨斗上缩了回来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 maintain   

vt.支撑；赡养，抚养；维持，保有

参考例句：

• He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。
• We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。