VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Wild Cat

1. Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the word wildcat.

tell about 讲述
例句：He had learned how to tell about them. 
他早已学会了如何评论她们。 

2. Humans have always depended on animals.

depend on 依靠;信赖
例句：That's no concern of mine. I'm not involved.
那与我无关,我未卷入。

3. We may not depend as much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day.

hear about 听说
例句：I've just heard about his illness.
我刚听说他生病的事。

4. Many companies use animals to make us want to buy their goods. Automobile companies, for example, love to show fast horses when they are trying to sell their cars.

for example 例如
例句：Many great people rose from poor backgrounds -- Lincoln for example.
很多伟人出身贫寒,林肯就是一例。

5.  At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money.

at that time 在那时
例句：He was very poor at that time.
他那时候很穷。