VOA慢速英语:Second Chances for Prisoners, Horses and the Unemployed; Dogs Help Children Learn to Read

1. reuse vt. 重复利用
例句：Refuse plastic carier bags, or at least reuse them. Cloth bags are better. 
重复利用或最好不要用塑料袋。布袋携物为佳。 

2. release vt. 释放,解放
例句：After his release, he did not want to remarry her. 
他获释之后，不想再同她复婚。 

3. retire vt. 使退休;令退役
例句：The company retired him as soon as he reached sixty.
他一到六十岁公司就让他退休了。

4. typical adj. 典型的,有代表性的
例句：This painting is typical of his early work.
这幅画是他早期的代表作。

5. adopt vt. 采取;采纳;吸收
例句：After much deliberation, the president decided to adopt her suggestion.
总经理再三考虑之后,决定采纳她的建议。

6. confident adj. 有信心的,自信的
例句：He is quite confident that he will pass the examination.
他很有信心通过考试。

7. recognize vt. 认出,识别
例句：The policeman recognized her as a pickpocket.
警察认出她是个小偷。

8. improve vt. 改进,改善;增进
例句：He put forward a plan for improving the rate of production.
他提出了一个提高生产率的计划。