VOA慢速英语:US Mining Companies Show New Interest in Rare Earths

例句：These new discoveries have broken new ground in the exploration of the cosmos.
      这些新的发现在宇宙探索方面开辟了新道路。

2.gain vt. vi.获得, 赢得

例句：The man gained a lot in the business, but he lost the respect of his friends.
      那个人做这买卖赚了很多钱, 但他却失去了朋友们对他的尊敬。

      He gained the rank of Colonel.
      他获得上校军衔。

3.fuel vt.给…加燃料, 给…加油

例句：They are fueling a car with petrol.
      他们正在给汽车加汽油。

4.process vt.加工; 处理

例句：The factory processes leather.
      这个厂加工皮革。

      How fast does the computer process the data?
      这台计算机处理数据有多快?

5.distant adj.(时间或空间)远隔的, 遥远的，久远的，远处的

例句：That is a distant country.
      那是一个遥远的国度。

      It happened in the distant past.
      此事发生在遥远的过去。