VOA慢速英语:Program Helps Students Express Themselves with Creative Writing

词汇讲解：

1. serve v. (为…)服务; 任(职)；提供, 端上
例句：Computers have also begun serving agriculture.
计算机也开始为农业服务了。

2. pirate n. 剽窃者;侵犯版权者,非法翻印者
例句：A law was passed to squash pop music pirates.
通过了一个法律以打击流行音乐翻录者。

3. excel vt. 胜过,优于
例句：She excels the rest of the class in English.
她的英文在班上胜过任何同学。

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

5. provide vt. 提供
例句：On Sundays his landlady provided dinner as well as breakfast.
星期天,他的女房东不但供给早餐,还供给晚餐。

6. budget n. 预算; 政府预算案；预算额, 经费
例句：The work was finished on time and within budget
工作按时完成且未超出预算。

7. imagination n. 想像力
例句：The story shows plenty of imagination.
这个故事表现出丰富的想像力。

8. pass v. 走过, 经过；通过; 批准；度过; 花费
例句：The bill passed and became law.
法案通过了, 成了法律。

9. communicate v. 传达, 表达, 传递（想法、感情、思想等）
例句：She reluctantly communicated the facts.
她不愿把真实情况讲出来。

10. publish v. 出版,发行
例句：The only daily newspaper in the city did not publish yesterday because of a strike.
昨天市内惟一的日报因罢工而没出版。