VOA慢速英语:Pets and Disasters; Presidential Security; New Album from The Killers

短语讲解：

1. But first, we tell about efforts to protect pets and other animals from natural disasters.

tell about 谈及
例句：What would he tell about now?
他现在会说些什么？

2. A number of people drowned in their homes because they stayed with their pets.

a number of 一些
例句：They laid down a number of rules.
他们制定了一些规则。

3. “Emergency shelters won’t accept animals. If you’re lucky, people and animal shelters will be located close to each other.”

close to 靠近
例句：The ship kept close to the coast.
那条船靠近海岸航行。
each other 互相
例句：You two know each other?
你们两个互相认识？

4. Wendy Colvin signed up as a volunteer with a disaster aid service after the Hurricane Katrina wrecked much of the coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.

sign up 跟…签订合同；报名
例句：We should sign up as volunteers.
我们应该自动报名从军。

5.  So, she has learned about helping her human neighbors recover from disaster.

learn about 学习
例句：She can learn about chinese history.
她能学习到中国历史。

6. Holly Smith works at an animal hospital in Olympia, Washington.

work at 做
例句：I start work at nine in the morning.
我上午九点开始工作。

7.  Agents even decide how he will get there to make sure it is safe.

make sure 确定
例句：Make sure it's right?
确定它是对的?

8. He said “bands that say they don’t care about how their records sell are liars.

care about 在乎
例句：You think I care about that?
你觉得我在乎这个么?