VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Says US Must Change Energy Habits

By Mil Arcega
Washington
06 March 2008
 

President Bush says the United States must change its habits and reduce its dependence¹ on foreign oil.  President Bush says the country's reliance on fossil fuels harms the environment and puts Americans at the mercy of nations that do not enjoy the same freedoms.  American consumers, for their part, appear to be changing their habits, but they are doing so for more practical reasons.  VOA's Mil Arcega reports.

1 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。