VOA慢速英语:Group Announces New Effort to Solve the Mystery of Amelia Earhart's Final Flight

1. pilot n. (飞机等的)驾驶员,飞行员
例句：The flying school graduates a hundred pilots a year.
这个飞行学校一年毕业一百名飞行员。

2. disappear vi. 消失,不见;突然离开
例句：All at once Phil disappeared.
菲尔突然不见了。

3. private adj. 个人的,私人的
例句：That's my private view.
那是我个人的观点。

4. declare vt. 宣布,宣告;声明
例句：The new Congress declared a state of war with Germany.
新的国会向德国宣战了。

5. fuel n. 燃料
例句：They are trying to find a cleaner fuel for cars.
他们正试图找一种更干净的汽车燃料。

6. claim vt.  (根据权利)要求;认领;索取
例句：What claim does he have to the property?
他有何权利要求得到这笔财产?

7. observe vt. 看到,注意到
例句：I observed him stop at the gate.
我看到他在门口停下来。

8. involvement n. 参与
例句：His involvement in the scandal was a blot on his reputation.
他因卷入丑闻, 在名誉上留下污点. 

9. establish vt. 建立
例句：Our hospital was established in 1950.
我们的医院建于一九五○年。

10. microscope n. 显微镜
例句：Germs can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
只有借助显微镜细菌才能看得见。