VOA慢速英语:Ten Years After September 11 Attacks, How Life Has Changed

词汇讲解：

1. hijack vt.劫持, 绑架
例句：The plane was hijacked soon after it took off.
那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

2. surrounding adj. 周围的;附近的
例句：Foxes started coming in from the surrounding countryside.
狐狸开始从附近的乡下跑进来。

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

4. concentration n. 集中, 集结
例句：Large concentrations of capital were in the hands of merchants.
大量资本集中在商人手里。

5. occupy vt. 占(时间,空间);占用;住
例句：Reading occupies most of my free time.
阅读占去了我空闲时间的大部分

6. expel vt. 驱逐, 赶走, 放逐
例句：They expelled a foreign spy from their country.
他们把一个外国间谍驱逐出境。

7. scar vt. 伤害(心灵)
例句：The terrible experience had scarred him for life.
这一可怕的经历给他留下了终身的创伤。

8. vulnerable adj. 易受伤的, 脆弱的, 敏感的
例句：He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.
她看上去很脆弱, 他就主动去保护她。

9. question vt. 对(某事物)表示[感到]怀疑
例句：He questioned whether she could have arrived in time.
他怀疑她是否能准时到达。

10. discrimination n. 歧视
例句：He spoke out against racial discrimination.
他声言反对种族歧视。

11. informant n.报告者,告密者
例句：The journalist did not want to reveal the identity of his informant.
那个新闻工作者不想透露消息提供人的身分。

12. paradigm n. 范例;样式;模范
例句：This episode may serve as a paradigm.
这一插曲可以充作典型例子。