VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Money Talks

词汇讲解：

1. earn v. 赚得; 挣钱
例句：He is paid less than he really earns.
与他真正该赚得的相比, 他的待遇是太少了。

2. jungle n. (热带)丛林, 密林;乱七八糟的一堆事物
例句：This place is turning into a jungle already.
这个地方已变得乱七八糟。

3. survival n. 幸存, 生存
例句：We all have a strong survival instinct.
每个人都有强烈的求生本能。

4. survive n. 幸存, 活下来
例句：These plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.
这些植物在严寒中不能存活。

5. bogus adj. 假的,假冒的,伪造的
例句：She was fooled by his bogus identity card.
她被他的假身份证骗了。

6. shorten v. 弄短, 缩短
例句：She shortened the skirt by an inch.
她把裙子缩短了一英寸。

7. steal v. 偷
例句：Someone has stolen her purse when she was shopping.
她在购物时, 有人偷走了她的钱包。

8. demonstration n. 游行示威
例句：We watched the demonstration from our windows.
我们从窗口看示威游行。

9. cheat vt.欺骗, 哄骗
例句：They cheated the old woman of her house and money.
他们骗取了老妇人的房屋和钱财。

10. remove vt.移走; 排除；开除
例句：She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。