VOA慢速英语:Asians Now Largest Group of New US Immigrants

短语讲解：

1. Asian Americans increased from less than one percent of the population in nineteen sixty-five to five point eight percent today, says Cary Funk

less than 少于
例句：It's less than five minutes' walk to a shopping mall． 
走路不到五分钟就有成片的商店。 

2. CARY FUNK: "Part of that rise has to do with the change in our immigration policies in nineteen sixty-five.

do with 处理;对待
例句：What are we going to do with the problem?
我们将怎样来处理这个问题呢?

3. About four hundred thirty thousand Asians arrived in the U.S. in twenty-ten.

arrive in 到达某地(大地方)
例句：We reckon to arrive in Delhi at noon. 
我们估计正午抵达德里. 

4. That compared with about thirty-one percent from Spanish speaking countries.

compared with 把……和……比较
例句：How does your new house compare with your old one? 
你的新房子和旧房子比起来怎么样? 

5. The Pew researchers point out that Asian immigration to the United States has increased only slightly in recent years.

point out 指出
例句："No matter who point out our shortcoming, we will correct them." 
不管谁指出我们的缺点，我们都改正。