President Polk's first policy goal was to obtain a settlement of the Oregon Territory.

波尔克总统的首要政策目标是在俄勒冈领地定居。

The message arrived at the White House on May ninth. A few days later, President Polk asked Congress to recognize that war had started.

5月9日，电报传到了白宫。几天后，总统波尔克要求国会承认战争已经开始。

The country moved quickly into the presidential campaign. President Polk was old, tired and in poor health. He had decided not to try for a second term.

美国迅速开始总统竞选活动，总统波尔克年老多病，而且身心疲惫，他决定不再连任。

Buchanan had served in President Polk's cabinet. He remembered how well its members worked together. He said it was the unity of this cabinet that made Polk's administration so successful.

布坎南曾在总统波尔克的内阁任职。他记得那时和成员们在一起工作得非常愉快。他说正是内阁的团结才能使波尔克政府如此成功。

President Polk, accepting the Texan view of the controversy, ordered General Zachary Taylor to move beyond the Nueces in defense of American sovereignty.

波尔克总统接受得克萨斯人对争议的看法，命令扎卡里·泰勒将军越过纽埃斯群岛捍卫美国主权。

Taylor didn't particularly like President Polk and didn't actually obey some of his orders – he didn't follow what the president told him to do.

泰勒并不是特别喜欢波尔克总统，而且实际上并没有服从他的一些命令——他没有按照总统的吩咐去做。

President Polk said he thought the United States had strong claims to all of the territory. But he said he would compromise. He offered to divide Oregon at the forty-ninth parallel of latitude.

总统波尔克说，他认为美国坚定主张拥有所有领土。但他也表示愿意采取折衷方案，提出要在纬度四十九条平行线处划分俄勒冈。

President Polk was troubled by this opposition. But he did not think the war would last long. He thought the United States could quickly force Mexico to sell him the territory he wanted.

总统波尔克对这种反对意见感到很不安，但他认为战争不会持续很久，美国可以迅速迫使墨西哥把他想要的领土卖给他。

During the war, the president at that time, President Polk, sent Taylor to the border, the dividing line between Texas and Mexico, and later sent him into the country of Mexico, near the city of Monterrey.

战争期间，当时的总统， 波尔克总统， 派泰勒到边境，德克萨斯州和墨西哥的分界线， 后来又派他进入墨西哥国境， 靠近蒙特雷市。