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

短语讲解：

1. The meeting took place a few months before the seventy fifthanniversary of Amelia Earhart’s last flight.

take place 发生;举行
例句：When will the basketball game take place?
篮球赛何时举行?

2.  A private gift of five hundred thousand dollars will help payfor an investigation later this year.

pay for 为...付出代价
例句：He'll have to pay for what he has done.
他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

3. MARIO RITTER: Some experts say the plane came down near anunoccupied island, then known as Gardner Island.

come down 倒塌
例句：The ceiling came down suddenly.
天花板突然塌落。

4. But objects later found on the island raise the possibilitythat Earhart and Noonan had survived for a while and then diedthere.

for a while 一会儿
例句：I'm feeling rather peculiar I think I'll lie down for a while. 
我觉得不太舒服--我想躺一会儿. 

5. But nobody was there to tell Amelia Earhart that she could notdo what she chose to do…Her legacy resonates today for anyone,girls and boys, who dreams of the stars.”

dream of 向往，渴望
例句：Many boys dream of becoming pilots.
许多男孩梦想成为飞行员。

6. The plans include transportation support for one hundredthousand students each year to visit national parks to learn aboutnature and history.

learn about 了解
例句：Childrenseem to learn about computers by osmosis. 
儿童似乎不知不觉地就了解了计算机. 

7. NatureBridge says one million young people havetaken part in its programs.

take part in 参加
例句：Did you take part in the festival feast last night? 
你参加昨晚的节日宴会了吗？ 

8. The United Nations Development Program says more than onebillion people do not have electricity. A billion others have anundependable supply.

more than 多于
例句：Margaret needed support more than ever. 
玛格丽特比以往更需要关心。