VOA慢速英语:Remembering Writer Gore Vidal; New Findings on Hindu Success in America; Funnyman Stephen Co

1. I’m June Simms. This week, we look at plans for a just announced music festival at an unusual location in New York City.

look at 看
例句：Look at the map, please.
请看这张地图。

2.  It comes from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

come from 来自
例句：Ambient noise may come from any direction. 
外界噪声可以来自任意方向。 

3. Seventy percent make at least seventy-five thousand a year.

at least 至少
例句：At least, I sincerely hope so. 
至少我是真诚地这样希望的。

4. The Pew report says Indians received more than half of all H1-B visas approved last year.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

5. He said Indian immigrants are less likely to be refugees or undocumented workers compared with other immigrant groups.

compare with 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? 

6. Gore Vidal was born in nineteen twenty-five in West Point, New York. His father taught at the United States Military Academy.

born in 出生
例句：Bill was born in Canada but was brought up in America.
比尔出生于加拿大，但在在美国长大。 

7. It combines the name Colbert with Coachella. Coachella is a successful music festival that takes place every spring in California.

take place 发生
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则发生在地球的极深处。

8. Don’t push him cause he’s close to the edge, and on the Intrepid the edge is like a fifty-foot drop

close to 将近
例句：Catherine was angry and rattled, close to tears. 
凯瑟琳又气恼又慌乱，几乎要哭了。