和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Kurdish Lessons Now Allowed in Some Turkish Schools

2012-11-30来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. A class like this would have been unthinkable even just a few years ago.

a few 少许, 少数
例句:I have a few minutes.
我有几分钟时间。

2. And life has begun to become normal.

begin to 开始
例句:In spring leaves begin to grow on the trees.
树木在春天开始长出叶子。

3. He speaks only a little Kurdish, he says, and he sees the classes as a big step but only the beginning.

a little 少许
例句:We can do a little bit this time.
这次我们可以稍微染一下。

4. But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently rejected calls for Kurdish education in the mother tongue.

call for 要求
例句:This is not a call for articles of impeachment.
这不是一个要求弹劾条款。

5. The latest offenses that Diyarbakir's mayor is accused of include publishing children's books in Kurdish.

accuse of 控告
例句:You can accuse crime of fraud of the other side.
你可以控告对方诈骗罪。