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VOA慢速英语:Christmas 2010 in America: Three Stories of Struggle, Tradition and Wonder

2010-12-20来源:和谐英语
1.amongst prep.(表示位置)处在…中, 为…所环绕, 为…所环抱

例句:He was sitting amongst a group of children, telling them a story.
      他正坐在一群孩子中间讲故事。

2.shelter n.避难所; 庇护所

例句:Trees are a shelter from the sun.
      树木可以遮挡阳光。

3.volunteer vt.vi.自动提供, 自愿效劳

例句:How many of them volunteered?
      他们当中有多少人愿意自愿效劳?

4.connection n.联系; 关系

例句:The company has connections with a number of American firms.
      这家公司与许多美国公司有往来。

5.wrap vt.包, 裹; 卷

例句:You'd better wrap it with a piece of clean cloth.
      你最好用一块干净的布把它包起来。

6.landscape n.风景, 景色

例句:He stood on the hill surveying the landscape.
      他站在山上眺望景色。