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CARL AZUZ: U.S. President's annual State of the Union Address is Tuesday night. It had originally been scheduled for last Tuesday but it was postponed¹ because of the U.S. government's partial shutdown. When that ended late last month, the address was rescheduled. One issue that President Donald Trump² is expected to address is the major reason for the shutdown, security at America's southern border with Mexico. The Pentagon announced this week that an additional 3,750 American troops would be deployed³ to the border.

Their mission, to give extra support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. This could include assignments like installing wire fencing and watching for illegal crossings. The deployment⁴ would bring the total number of U.S. military forces there to 4,350. And the new mission i?s scheduled to last for three months. President Trump says this is necessary to stop large caravans⁵ of people who are headed to the border with the goal of entering the U.S. illegally.

But U.S. Representative Adam Smith, a Democrat⁶ from Washington and the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, questioned what the additional troops would be doing at the border and suggested the increase could be unjustified. On Wednesday's show we plan to bring you some highlights of the Republican president's speech and the Democratic party's response.

1 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

4 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

5 caravans   

（可供居住的）拖车（通常由机动车拖行）( caravan的名词复数 )； 篷车； （穿过沙漠地带的）旅行队（如商队）

参考例句：

• Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles that are pulled by horses. 旧式的吉卜赛大篷车是由马拉的涂了颜色的木质车辆。
• Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles. 旧时的吉普赛大篷车是涂了颜色的木质车辆。

6 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。