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VOA慢速英语:AMERICAN HISTORY: Slavery in the American South

2012-10-25来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. exist vi. 生存
例句：Man can't exist without air.
没有空气人类就不能生存。

2. expand vt. 扩张
例句：This year we plan to expand our rice plots.
今年我们计划扩大稻田。

3. establish vt. 创办
例句：Their heirs would establish the largest philanthropic fundations in America.
他们的后裔创办了美国最大的慈善基金会。

4. replace vt. 替换
例句：Either you pull your weight or we replace you.
要么你尽心尽力,否则我们就把你替换掉。

5. crowd vt. 拥护
例句：Don't all crowd together!
不要统统挤在一起！

6. slavery n. 奴隶
例句：Its people were thus reduced to slavery.
就这样他的人民都沦为奴隶了。

7. religion n. 宗教
例句：It's difficult to live up to the proinciples of the christian religion.
实行基督教的教条是困难的。