VOA慢速英语:Break-Up Songs: The Sound of a Broken Heart

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

2. includ vt. 包括,包含
例句：The price includes both house and furniture.
价钱包括房子和家具。

3. attract vt. 吸;吸引
例句：The garden city attracts many tourists.
那个花园城市吸引许多游客。

4. decide vt. 决定;决意
例句：They decided that John must stay there.
他们决定约翰必须留在那里。

5. swallow vt. 吞下,咽下
例句：He swallowed the pills with a cup of water.
他用一杯水吞下了这些药丸。

6. poke vt. 戳,捅
例句: He poked me in the ribs with his elbow.
他用胳膊肘捅了捅我的肋部。

7. stuff n. 材料,原料;木料
例句：Some parts nowadays are made of plastic or similar stuff.
现在有些零件是由塑料或类似的材料制造的。

8. dismissal n. 解散;打发走
例句：After the dismissal of the cook we had to make our mealsourselves.
我们解雇厨子后得自己做饭了。

9. sympathetic adj. 同情的;有同情心的
例句：She is sympathetic over what has happened.
她对已发生的事抱有同情心。