VOA慢速英语:After Long Fight, DC Wins Right to a Statue in the Capitol Building

1. The statue of writer, scholar and anti-slavery leader Frederick Douglass will be set up near or in Statuary Hall.

set up 建立,创立
例句：A new government was set up after the war.
新政府于战后成立。  

2. For example, she is not permitted to vote on legislation.

for example 例句
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。

3. He continued to educate himself his whole life.

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨. 

4. His audience is large and mixed as a result.

as a result 结果
例句：As a result, interest rates have been high by industrial country standards. 
结果，按工业国的标准来看，利率一直很高。  
 
5. Dwight Yoakam has sold more than twenty-five million records since his first release in nineteen eighty six.

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