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VOA慢速英语:US Groups Working to Aid Quake Victims in Haiti

2010-02-05来源:和谐英语
1.At Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island, Illinois, students set up a money supply for Haiti.

set up建立,建造, 创立, 竖立

例句:Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
      很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

      A monument was set up as a memorial to the dead soldiers.
      为阵亡将士立了一个纪念碑。

准备; 安排

例句:Will you set up the drinks while I look after the party food?
      你准备饮料, 我来料理宴会食品好吗?

2.Harry Covert says the key to re-building the school, and all of Haiti, is to make sure the work is done right.

make sure把事情弄清楚, 核实或查明某事物

例句:Go and make sure of the place and time.
      去把时间和地点弄清楚。

设法确保出现某事物

例句:We and our friends will make sure of that.
      我们和我们的朋友要确保这一点。