VOA慢速英语:Bringing Attention to Differences in Suicide Around the World

1.This year's observance is meant to bring attention to the differences among suicidal individuals and their situations around the world.

bring attention to注意到

例句：Please bring your attention to the center aisle as the flight attendant explains the safety rules.
      航班服务员讲解安全注意事项时，请您注意中间过道。

2.But the organizers also say that all over the world, people have something in common.

in common共同的,相同的

例句：We have something in common.
      我们有许多相同之处。

3.Among people age ten to twenty-four, suicide is the second leading cause of death, after road accidents.

年龄的表示方法

(1) 一般直接用基数词表示，如：

Her daughter is eighteen. 她的女儿18岁。

(2) 用“基数词 + years old”表示，有时可将years old 换成years of age。如：

Her daughter is eighteen years old. / Her daughter is eighteen years of age. 她的女儿18岁。

(3) 用“at the age of +基数词”表示。如：

Her daughter got married at the age of eighteen. 她的女儿18岁就结了婚。

(4) 用“基数词-year-old”表示，此结构常做(前置)定语。如：

Her 18-year-old daughter is now in the university. 他18岁的女儿现在上大学。

(5) 用“of + 基数词”表示，此结构常做后置定语。如：

Her daughter is now a pretty girl of 18. 她女儿现在一个18岁的美少女了。

(6)  用“aged +基数词”表示，此结构常做后置定语。如：

Lying on the floor was a boy aged about seventeen. 躺在地板上的是一个约莫十七岁的男孩。

(7)  用“be in one’s +几十的复数形式”表示某人大概的年龄。如：

He went to the United States in his fifties. 他五十多岁时去了美国。

4.He points out that suicide rates differ from country to country, as do common ways that people kill themselves.

point out指出; 把注意力引向…

例句：This guide book points out the main facts of early American history.
      这本导游手册讲述了美洲早期的重要史实。

      If I make any mistakes, please point them out.
      如果我出了错, 请指出来。

5.As a result, he says, when children speak of suicide, other children rarely report it.

rarely, seldom,hardly,scarcely, barely 的用法和区别

rarely,很少地，难得地，少见地
　　seldom,表示频率，很少，不常，反义词often
　　hardly 几乎不，简直不= almost not ,强调困难
　　scarcely = hardly 几乎不，简直没有，仅仅，刚刚,用在be/助动词后，强调数量和程度的不足
　　barely 仅仅，刚刚，几乎不能，强调勉强够数