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VOA慢速英语:Fewer Children Under the Age of Five are Dying

2012-09-19来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. More than eighty percent of child deaths in the world occur in these two regions.

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

2. She is pleased with the progress being made in Sub-Saharan Africa.

be pleased with 对于……感到满意
例句：I am pleased with you.我对你很满意

3. We welcome the widespread progress in child survival, but we importantly want to stress that there’s a lot of work that remains to be done.

a lot of 许多
例句： I got a lot of mail from Japan.
我收到许多来自日本的信件。

4. The World Health Organization says one way to solve these problems is to make sure health care services are available to women.

make sure 确认
例句：I'll have to make sure I'm not chased.
我一定想办法不叫他们发现。