VOA慢速英语:Women Inmates Train to Start Businesses After Prison

短语讲解：

1. So a prison training program in the American Northwest prepares women to start their own businesses.

prepare to筹备, 准备
例句：We prepare ourselves to start anew.
我们准备从头开始。

2. She has a job waiting for her when she is released in January.

wait for等待, 等候
例句：He always has to be waited for.
他老是要人等他。

3. But she also plans to start a small business with the knowledge gained from the months of class.

start with以…开始
例句：He had nothing to start with
开始时他一无所有。

4. I’ve learned a lot, I’ve learned a lot about how to write a business plan, about effective communications skills, how to listen, something I didn’t know how to do before.

learn about获得, 学得
例句：I like reading historical stories because I can learn about the lives that people led long ago.
我喜欢看历史故事, 因为这样可以知道过去人们的生活。

5. Cynthia Thompson is serving time for stealing someone's identity.

serve time服刑, 受罚
例句：He is serving time for fraud 
他因诈骗罪正在服刑。 

6. We were looking for ways that we could apply our expertise around economic development and small business management to populations that could use it.

look for寻找
例句：Some birds are looking for food.
有些鸟在寻找食物。

7. The group says just three of the one hundred graduates of its training program have returned to prison.

return to返回到…
例句：News of the astronauts' safe return to earth was delayed.
宇航员安全返回地球的消息被推迟。

8. Lori does not want her last name used.

last name姓
例句：Smith is a very common last name in England.
在英国史密斯是很常见的姓。

9. Lori stayed in contact with a MercyCorps mentor after she left prison.

in contact with和…联系
例句：I have been in contact with her continuously.
我已经连续不断地接触到她了。

10. And is it worth having a website of your own, and what avenues of advertising can you exploit for free?

for free免费
例句：I got this cap for free.
我免费得到这顶帽子。