VOA慢速英语:Mobile Telephones Changing Lives in Africa

1. Samia Melhem works for the World Bank to increase information technologies in Africa.

work for 效劳；致力
例句：I am always ready to work for you.
我愿意随时为你效劳。

2. cnn television recently named seven ways of life it says have been revolutionized because of mobile phones.

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？

3.  With his telephone, he can add or take out as little as one dollar.

take out 取出
例句：Cut that nectarine into four pieces and then take out the pit.
把那颗油桃切成四片，再果核。

4. He can make payments and send money to family members who live far away.

far away 远离
例句：Let your occupational ennui far away.
让你的职业心情远离倦怠。

5. The cost is the cost of sending an SMS, which is almost nothing compared to what traditional transfer agents, like Western Union, would charge - 10 dollars or more for a particular money transfer.

compare to 把…比作
例句：A teacher is often compare to a candle.
教师常被比作一支蜡烛。