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

1.I got a lot of horror stories and a lot of my former students ended up dead or in prison for selling drugs, being involved in gangs, girls ended up getting pregnant.

end up〈非正〉(以…)结束; 最终成为〔变得〕

例句：How does the story end up?
      这篇故事是怎么结尾的?

      The boy's ball ended up on the garage roof.
      这男孩的球落到了汽车库顶上。

2.In many ways, it serves as a kind of family. It provides teenagers with structure and support.

provide with给…提供;以…装备

例句：We'll provide you with vocational training.
      我们将为你提供职业培训。

offer，provide和supply都有“供给、提供”的意思，但用法不同。

provide指有远见，为应付意外、紧急情况等作好充分准备而“供给、提供”，可用于provide sb.（with sth.）或provide sth.（for sb.）结构。

He persuaded other people to provide money or to give help.

他说服别人提供钱或给予帮助。

The school provided food for the students. 学校为学生提供伙食。

They provided us with all the books we need.

他们为我们提供所需要的所有书籍。

supply通常指定期“供应”，强调替代或补充所需物品，常用于supply sb. with sth.或supply sth. to sb.结构。

The cars will be supplied to people all over the country.

这些汽车将供应给全国各地的人们。

Cows supply us with milk. 母牛供给我们牛奶。

In Britain milk is supplied to each house in bottles.

在英国牛奶是装在瓶子里送往每家每户的。

offer侧重表示“愿意给予”，常用于offer sb. sth.或offer to do sth. 结构，后不能接宾语从句。

She offered me a cup of tea. 她给我端了杯茶。

He offered to go instead of me. 他主动提出代替我去。

注意：

provide不如supply常用，但前者可跟双宾语，而后者无此用法。有时它们可互换，可说provide/supply sth. to sb.，也可说provide/supply sb. with sth.。

The bank provided/supplied him with a loan $100,000.

银行为他提供了10万美元的贷款。

3.He sees gangs and violence as a disease that needs to be dealt with as a public health problem.

need doing,need to be done都表示某物需要被做。

4.The big part is dealing with the emotional residue of anger, fear and pain that they develop because they got invested in this in the first place.

in the first place首先, 从一开始

例句：Why did you choose basketball in the first place?
      你为何首先选择篮球呢?