VOA慢速英语:Education Group Gives $170 Million to 7 Countries

短语讲解：

1. A three-year effort in developing countries will seek to put twenty-five million children in school for the first time.

seek to企图，试图; 设法
例句：I sought to change her mind.
我试图改变她的心意。

2. [They] tend to come from sort of the urban centers

tend to趋向
例句：My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day.
我祖母每天通常比较早睡。
come from来自某处; 出生于
例句：She came from a long line of singers.
她出身于一个歌手世家。

3. One of the key areas that we're actually providing support for under this program is actually looking to build and also repair classrooms, provision of textbooks.

provide for为…提供; 为…作准备
例句：I think we have provided for every possible hazard.
我认为我们已经准备好了应付每一种可能的危险。
look to朝(某物)看去; 留神〔照看〕(某人或某物); 依靠〔指望〕(某人或某事)
例句：I look to my parents when I need help.
当我需要帮助时我依赖我的父母。

4. And another thing that we're looking at has been working with the government to try and get school feeding programs in place.

look at看, 注视(某人或某物); 评判; 审视
例句：My work hasn't been looked at for a week.
我干了一个星期的工作也没人看一眼。

5. More countries are now looking for help from the partnership.

look for寻找(某人或某物)
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

6. Unfortunately, given the current global financial climate and the fact that there are still sixty-seven million kids out of school around the world, demand for our financing seems to be increasing rather than decreasing.

demand for要求…
例句：The workers demand for better conditions of work.
工人们要求改善工作条件。