VOA慢速英语:So You Want To Be A Doctor? Medical Studies and Hospital Training Are Hard Work

短语讲解：

1. The interviewer wants to know about the person’s goals for a life in medicine.

know about知道, 了解
例句：Do you know anything about astronomy?
你懂天文学吗?

2. Most students need loans to pay for medical school. Many finish their education heavily in debt.

pay for为…付钱
例句：How much did you pay for the book?
那本书你付了多少钱?
in debt欠债
例句：I'm heavily in debt at the moment, but hope to be out of debt when I get paid.
我现在负债累累, 但希望拿到工资后就能把债务还清。

3. In return, they spend seven years in government service.

in return作为报答
例句：She presented me a dictionary in return. 
她送给我一本词典作为答谢。

4. As the students learn, they think about the kind of medical skills they will need to work as doctors.

think about考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：I should like to think about your suggestion before I give a definite reply.
我想先考虑一下你的建议, 然后给你一个明确的答复。
work as任…职, 当…
例句：It must be a hard life, working as a nurse in a backward country.
在落后的国家当一名护士, 生活必定是艰苦的。

5. All fifty states require at least one year of hospital work for doctors-in-training educated at medical schools in the United States.

work for为…而工作; 受雇于
例句：Leaders of many nations are still working for peace.
许多国家的领导人仍在为寻求和平而努力奋斗。

6. Today, he is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs at Georgetown University Medical Center. He remains involved with the mini-med school as its co-director.

involve with与(某人)有密切关系
例句：How long has Grace been involved with that red-haired boy?
格雷斯与那个红头发的小伙子来往多久了?

7. The subjects differ from one season to the next, depending on what medical issues are in the news at the time.

differ from与…不同
例句：She differs from her sister in the color of her eyes.
她与她姐姐眼睛的颜色不同。
depend on随…而定; 取决于
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。

8. We’ve got a number of groupies in this program – people who have come to it for several years, have sat through some of the same lectures over the years, but they keep on coming back.

sit through一直挺到结束,耐着性子看完(或听完)
例句：We had to sit through several tedious speeches
我们只得坐在那里听着几个乏味的讲演。
keep on继续前进; 继续工作
例句：They kept on working after dark.
天黑了他们还继续工作。

9. There are a lot of referrals that are given out at that time and there are a lot of questions that say ‘you better see your doctor - I’m not gonna give you any advice at this point.

give out耗尽; 用完; 分发; 散发
例句：He plans to stay there until his money gives out.
他计划在那里待到钱花完为止。

10. We go through the process as it would be at a medical school graduation, where I bestow upon them the degree of doctor of mini-medicine with all rights and entitlements thereof.

go through经过，度过
例句：His relationship with Mary went through four stages.
他与玛丽的关系经历了四个阶段。
bestow upon赠与
例句：Many books were bestowed upon her.
送给她很多书。