VOA慢速英语:Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act

例句：Better a glorious death than a shameful life.
      宁可光明磊落地死,决不卑鄙无耻地生。

      He feels it very shameful to sponge on his parents after he’s grown up.
      他觉得自己长大了还依赖父母感觉很丢脸。

2.discrimination n.歧视

例句：He spoke out against racial discrimination.
      他声言反对种族歧视。

3.govern vt.控制; 支配

例句：One can't completely govern one's thoughts at all times.
      人不能始终控制得住自己的思想。

4.exclusion n.拒绝,排除,排斥,排除在外

例句：He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.
      他专打高尔夫球,其他运动一概不参加。

5.mark vt.标记;斑点,痕迹

6.neighborhood n.地区;某地区的人;与某处邻近的地区

例句：They are neighborhood paper.
      它们属于同一区域的报纸。

7.overall adj.总体的; 全面的; 综合的

例句：We have finished overall homework.
      我们已完成所有的家庭作业。

      Overall industrial production was up compared with last year.
      与去年相比, 整个工业产值上升了很多。

8.weird adj.怪诞的; 神秘而可怕的; 超然的

例句：It was a weird old house, full of creaks and groans.
      这是所神秘而可怕的旧宅, 到处嘎吱嘎吱作响。

9.ramp n.土堤斜坡; 斜道; 斜路

例句：That driver drove the car up the ramp.
      那司机将车开上了斜坡。

10.signage n.招牌

11.behoove vi.理所当然

例句：It will behoove you to stay.
      你适合留于此地

12.deem vt.认为, 相信

例句：Don't you deem that it is your duty to help?
      你不认为助人是你的责任吗?