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VOA慢速英语:Deadly Shark Bites Increase in Waters Near Western Australia

2012-08-14来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. affect vt. 影响;对...发生作用
例句：The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.
雨量影响作物的生长。

2. bite vt. 咬;啃
例句：My sister's dog bit me yesterday.
我妹妹的狗昨天咬了我。

3. fear vt. 害怕,畏惧
例句：She feared for her daughter's safety.
她担心女儿的安全。

4. increase vt. 增大;增加;增强
例句：Travel increases one's knowledge of the world.
旅游增进人对世界的了解。

5. urge vt. 催促;力劝;激励
例句：They urged us to go at once.
他们催促我们马上去。

6. estimate vt. 估计,估量
例句：The police estimated the number of demonstrators at about 5,000.
警方估计示威者的人数为五千左右。

7. poverty n. 贫穷,贫困
例句：His family lives below the poverty line.
他的一家生活极端艰苦。

8. exhaust vt. 用完
例句：He had exhausted his supply of water.
他已耗尽了全部供水。