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VOA慢速英语:Admission Standards Toughened at University of Liberia

2013-09-05来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. They say they were cheated of the more than 20 dollars required to register for the test.

more than 多于
例句：More than 100 people were wounded.
爆炸还造成100多人受伤。

2. President Sirleaf said the school could not be expected to reform it's admission policies so soon after the end of Liberia's second civil war.

be expected to 被期待做某事；有望做某事
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

3. Mr Dorbor-Jallah says that like earlier tests, the 2013 entrance exam was based on the Ministry of Education curriculum.

base on　以...为根据
例句：One own view should base on the fact.
一个人应该以事实作为自己看法的依据。

4. But he said no student was able to gain 70 percent in English.

be able to　能，会；能够
例句：Maybe he will be able to talk with them longer.
那个时候或许他们能聊的久一点。