The United States has a new president, who's bringing to the White House a spirit of change.
Joe Biden quickly set to work dismantling his predecessor's policies, ushering in sweeping changes to climate, health, and immigration. Now, he's looking to the American people for support.
(Joe Biden / New U.S. President)
"This is a great nation. We're a good people. And to overcome the challenges in front of us requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity."
"It requires us to come together in common love that defines us as Americans: opportunity, liberty, dignity, and respect. And to unite against common foes: hate, violence, disease, and hopelessness."
Just hours after being sworn in, Biden signed more than a dozen executive actions.
He fulfilled promises to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and require masks in federal buildings.
Joe Biden quickly set to work dismantling his predecessor's policies, ushering in sweeping changes to climate, health, and immigration. Now, he's looking to the American people for support.
(Joe Biden / New U.S. President)
"This is a great nation. We're a good people. And to overcome the challenges in front of us requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity."
"It requires us to come together in common love that defines us as Americans: opportunity, liberty, dignity, and respect. And to unite against common foes: hate, violence, disease, and hopelessness."
Just hours after being sworn in, Biden signed more than a dozen executive actions.
He fulfilled promises to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and require masks in federal buildings.
◆set to ～に取り組む to begin working
◆dismantle 廃棄する、解体する、取り除く If you dismantle a machine or structure, you carefully separate it into its different parts.
◆predecessor 前任者 Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.
◆usher in ～を取り入れる、～をもたらす If one thing ushers in another thing, it indicates that the other thing is about to begin.
◆sweeping comprehensive and wide-ranging
◆look to を向ける、～を頼る If you look to someone or something for a particular thing that you want, you expect or hope that they will provide it.
◆elusive とらえにくい、とらえどころのない、獲得しづらい、達成しがたい、手に入れにくい Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve.
◆foe 敵、対戦者 Someone's foe is their enemy