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VOA慢速英语:American Helps Reunite Trafficked Nepalese Children with Their Families
1. Mr. Grennan helped take care of the children and taught them English.
take care of照顾
例句:They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。
2. I was very worried about it because I had never really spent much time with children before.
worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句:He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。
3. It's amazing how a problem can really come to life when you get to know the people who are victims of these problems.
come to life苏醒过来, 开始有生气
例句:The city comes to life at night.
夜晚, 这座城市又恢复了生气。
4. The second step is to search for the biological family. She gave an example of a girl who had been separated from her family since she was two years old.
search for搜索, 搜寻
例句:We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。
separate from分开
例句:No child should ever be separated from his mother by force.
绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。
5. Cassidy wears a green Girl Scout vest covered with the badges she has earned by learning new skills, like going on a camping trip.
cover with用…遮盖住, 用…填满
例句:The field is covered with snow.
田野一片积雪。
6. Her goal was to help girls develop physically, mentally and spiritually by bringing them into community service and the open air.
bring into使达到…; 把…拿入, 带入(某处)
例句:Another new nation has been brought into being.
又一个新国家诞生了。
7. Today more than ten million girls take part in scouting in one hundred forty-five countries -- from Argentina to Zambia.
take part in参加
例句:Are you going to take part in the first experiment?
你们会参与首次实验吗?
8. As we approach this one hundredth anniversary we are just bursting at the opportunity we have to really inspire a new generation of girls with the message of leadership, with the message of caring for the environment, with the message of being kind to others, respecting country.
care for牵挂, 注重
例句:We must care for each other and help each other.
我们要互相关心, 互相帮助。
9. I can tell you which cities are very pet-friendly, and once you've decide on that, fix you up in a hotel or motel, give you activities that you can do there, including restaurants that are pet friendly.
decide on就…做出决定, 决定要
例句:Have you decided on where you'll spend your holidays?
你是否已经决定到什么地方去度假?
10. She says the visits are worth the cost compared to the trouble of washing her dog at home.
compare to与…相比
例句:The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。