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VOA慢速英语:Social Innovation Summit 2012 Comes to an End
短语讲解:
1. It is an invitation-only conference aimed at finding new ways to deal with old problems.
deal with 处理
例句:Can you deal with the money part?
你能处理钱的部分吗?
2. We found out through our simulations that it could be possible to save up to 20 percent of the fuel consumption.
find out 发现
例句:What'd you find out?
你有什么发现吗?
3. What’s even more interesting is that it can save up to 50 percent of the time you spend in traffic so you could get to your destination twice as fast.”
save up 储存起来;蓄
例句:I worked hard to save up for a new house.
我努力工作存钱来买新房子
4. Team Cypher256 has developed a mobile app aimed at improving health care for pregnant women in Africa.
care for 喜欢
例句:I don't care for the color.
我不喜欢这颜色。
5. And he says not having to depend on ultrasound equipment adds an even greater benefit.
depend on 依赖
例句:Children must depend on their parents.
孩子们必须依赖他们的父母。
6. “Even better we see the medical personnel being able to move into the communities then offer the antenatal diagnosis right there.”
be able to 能够
例句:We'll be able to smooth away these difficulties.
我们能够克服这些困难。
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