VOA慢速英语:Texas School Tragedy Remembered 75 Years Later

burn off烧掉，烧尽
例句：Her hair was burnt off.
她的头发烧掉了。

2. London High School had an estimated eight hundred fifty students. Many of them were preparing for a big sports event and were not in the building.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：We should prepare well for the negotiations.
我们应该为这次谈判做好准备。

3. At three-seventeen that afternoon, a machine shop teacher turned on a piece of electrical equipment, causing a spark.

turn on打开（水、电视、收音机、灯、煤气等）
例句：This tap is stiff; it won't turn on.
这个龙头太紧, 拧不开。

4. They came to search for their children and to help in the rescue effort.

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。

5. He quickly traveled to the school, two hours away, and began reporting on the explosion.

report on报道…, 就…作报告
例句：Jim has been sent to Iran to report on the situation there.
吉姆已被派往伊朗报道那里的局势。

6. He says no one ever discussed it while he was growing up and attending the very same school.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。

7. Local citizens rebuilt the school over the next two years, replacing the natural gas with steam heat.

replace with用…代替
例句：We've replaced the old machine with a computer.
我们用电脑取代了那台旧机器。

8. He believes the people of the rural community just could not deal with so great a loss.

deal with与...交涉,交易;应付;处理
例句：He has learnt to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.
他已学会恰当地应付各种复杂局面。

9. A lot of students come through with field trips so that they can learn about the explosion, about the fact that natural gas has a smell to it because of the explosion at London.

come through经历...仍活着,安然渡过
例句：She came through a serious illness last year.
去年她生了一场大病。

10. She says violence against women often results from their inability to earn an independent income.

result from产生于…, 由…引起
例句：His failure resulted from not working hard enough.
他的失败是工作不够努力造成的。