VOA慢速英语:The Economic Costs of Excessive Alcohol Use

1. believe v信任；料想
例句：No one will believe them.
没有人会相信他们。

2. examine vt.检查，调查
例句：First of all, examine what is wrong with your current situation.
首先，认真考查自己的现实处境出了什么问题。

3. include vt.包括；包含
例句：The end points include all earlier and later years.
数据终点包含了靠前与滞后的年份。

4. tragedy n.悲剧，惨剧
例句：We've never forgotten the tragedy.
我们永远不会忘记这场悲剧。

5. assume vt.取得（权力）；承担
例句：Never assume responsibility for what happens.
不要为发生的事情承担责任。

6. excessive adj.过度的，极度的
例句：Yet the focus on china has been excessive.
不过，人们对中国太过关注了。

7. alcohol n.乙醇，酒精
例句：Some states maintain that tight regulation reduces alcohol abuse.
许多州仍然保留了严格的规定以遏制酒精滥用。

8. document vt.证明；记录
例句：Yet he didn't document his voyages like herodotus.
只是他并未像赫罗多斯那样记录自己的旅程。