和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:San Francisco Educator Works to Keep Young People 'Alive and Free'

2010-08-26来源:和谐英语
1.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。

2.refuge n.避难(所, 处), 庇护

例句:They took refuge in a cave yesterday.
      他们昨天是在一个洞里避难的。

3.doctorate n.博士学位

例句:He hasn't enough credits to get his doctorate.
      他的学分不够取得博士学位。

表示学位的词语:

degree 学位
post doctorate 博士后
doctor(Ph.D) 博士
master 硕士
bachelor 学士
graduate student 研究生
abroad student 留学生
abroad student 留学生
undergraduate 大学肆业生
government-supported student 公费生
commoner 自费生
extern 走读生
intern 实习生

4.mentality n.心态; 思想方法;思想状况

例句:He has many years' experience of the criminal mentality.
      他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。

5.residue n.剩余,余渣

例句:Mary scraped the residue of food from the plates before putting them under water.
      玛丽在把盘子放入水之前先刮去上面的食物残渣。

6.dramatically adv.戏剧性地;引人注目地;显著的

例句:His tone changed dramatically when he saw the money.
      当他看到钱时,说话语调发生了戏剧性的变化。

      Our way of life has changed dramatically over the last ten years.
      在过去10年里我们的生活方式发生了巨大的变化。

7.institution n.慈善机构; 社会福利机构

例句:The government built a charitable institution for the education of young children.
      政府建立了一个儿童教育慈善机构。