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VOA慢速英语:Census Findings Show Changes in US Population

2011-03-14来源:VOA

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1.Growth in the United States population slowed compared to the last census.

compare to把…比作, 喻为

例句：Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.
莎士比亚把世界比作舞台。

Life is compared to a voyage.
人生好比航海。

与…相比

例句：The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

2.In all, about seven hundred sixty of them are experiencing natural decrease.

in all总共, 合计;总之

例句：There are fifteen books on the first shelf, twenty-one on the second, that makes thirty-six in all.
书架的第一层有15本书, 第二层有21本, 总共是36本。

3.Mr. Perry says this does not necessarily mean their population is dropping.

not necessarily未必，不一定

例句：It is not necessarily so .
我看是未必。