VOA慢速英语:Community Gardens Grow Green Space in New York City

词汇讲解：

1. volunteer n. 自愿者
例句：Many volunteers are used to doing difficult or important work.
许多义务工作者惯于干艰巨而重要的工作。

2. refuge n. 避难所，庇护
例句：Under such circumstances, he needs a house that is a refuge.
处于这样的境况，他需要使自己的家成为一座避风港。

3. yet conj. 然而，但是
例句：And yet he wished that he could straighten this thing out quickly.
可是他又希望能够迅速把这事情理直。

4. ownership n. 物主的身份，所有权
例句：The house is under new ownership.
那栋房子已易新主。

5. immigrant n. 移民
例句：Canada has many immigrants from Europe.
加拿大有许多欧洲移民。

6. lot n. 场地，一块地
例句：He is looking for an empty lot on which to build his house. 
他想买一块空地造房子。

7. groceries n. 食品，杂货
例句：They handled groceries and foodstuff .
他们经营食品杂货。
grocery n. 杂货店
例句：Grocery stores sell many foods that have been processed.
食品杂货店出售多种加工食品。

8. passable adj. 过得去的，通行无阻的
例句：The road is passable again.
路又可以通行了。

9. observable adj. 观察地到的，看得见的
例句：The pattern is observable in most countries that have pursued such policies. 
在大多数追随这些政策的国家里可以看到这一模型。

10. extraordinary adj. 特别的，奇特的，令人惊奇的
例句：The change in her appearance was extraordinary. 
她的样子起了惊人的变化。

11. reunite v. 再次联合，重聚
例句：She is trying her best to reunite with her father.
她想方设法与父亲团聚。

12. moving adj. 感人的
例句：The sight is quite moving.
这情景很感人。