VOA慢速英语:Young Navajos Leave Reservation Life for Jobs

短语讲解：

1. We visited a town in the huge Navajo Nation to find out where people were going.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明 
例句：It was found out that certain herbal medicines had curative effect on AIDS.
经研究发现有些草药对艾滋病有疗效。

2. The inside of Ganado High School is busy with children hurrying to classes. But the rooms are not nearly as crowded as they once were.

be busy with忙于
例句：She's busy with some important work.
她正忙于一些重要工作。

3. They go to the urban areas to look for employment, and that’s where they move their families.

look for寻找
例句：He should early look for a job.
他早该找工作了。

4. And as long as that’s continuing, we’re going to continue to lose our families, our children, to move away.

as long as只要, 如果
例句：I'll stay in Mexico as long as my money holds on.
只要我的钱还能维持一天, 我就在墨西哥待一天。
move away搬到别处去住
例句：I don't know where you'll find your sister after all these years; she moved away from the town a long time ago.
你妹妹早就从这个市镇搬走了, 时隔多年了我不知道你去哪儿能找到她。

5. Strong winds blow across the one highway that passes through Ganado.

pass through经过, 通过
例句：A diameter passes through the center of a circle.
直径从圆心穿过。

6. They look back, and there’s nothing here. There’s nothing for them to build on. There’s no employment so they stay out there.

look back回顾,倒退;回顾,追忆
例句：She can look back on her career with great satisfaction.
她回顾自己的经历觉得心满意足。
stay out留在户外, 不在家中
It's very cold. Don't stay out.
天很冷, 别待在外面。

7. But people in Ganado are not that worried about what many people call the “brain drain.”

be worried about为…忧虑,烦恼的
例句：He is worried about losing his job.
他担忧失去工作。

8. It blamed the explosion on a sudden release of a large amount of natural gas that could not have been prevented.

a large amount of大量
例句：The book contained a large amount of information.
这本书里包含着大量的信息。

9. Mine safety agency official Kevin Stricklin says Massey kept two sets of records to try to hide safety problems from inspectors.

hide from把…藏起来不让…发现
例句：His friends hid him from the police.
他的朋友把他藏了起来不让警察知道。

10. At the age of ten Sarah began playing the mandolin.

at the age of在…岁时
例句：He became a doctor at the age of 27.
他27岁时成了一名医生。