VOA慢速英语:High Dropout Rate a Problem for South Africa

2. complete vt.完成, 结束
例句：When will you complete the task?
你什么时候完成任务?

3. note vt. 提到,指明
例句：He noted the importance of the problem in his lecture.
他在讲座中着重提到这一问题的重要性。

4. survive vi.幸存, 活下来
例句：These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

5. unemployment n. 失业
例句：A rapid rise in price soon eventuated in mass unemployment.
物价迅速上涨, 结果造成了大量失业。

6. poverty n. 贫穷, 贫困
例句：They lived in poverty.
他们生活在贫困之中。

7. train v. 训练, 锻炼; 培养
例句：They trained him as an engineer.
他们把他培养成一名工程师。

8. confuse vt.使困惑, 把…弄糊涂；混淆, 把…混同；混乱, 搞乱
例句：They asked so many questions that they confused me.
他们问了许多问题, 都把我弄糊涂了。

9. official adj. 官方的, 正式的, 官方认可的，官方授权的
例句：They have got some official figures.
他们得到一些官方数字。

10. content n. (书等的)内容, 目录
例句：In my opinion the movie lacks contents.
依我看, 这部电影缺乏实质性内容。