和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Rosetta Project Aims to Save Languages for Future Generations

2013-10-11来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. We also hear about a creative way one American school is making English classes more available to immigrants.

hear about 得悉,听说
例句:Did you hear about the movie?
你听说过这部电影么?

2. But first, we learn about a project to protect endangered languages.

learn about 获得,学得
例句:She can also learn about recently published science.
她还可以了解到最新发表的科研成果。

3. They are among 12 students taking part in a summer internship program with the Rosetta Project in San Francisco, California.

take part in 参加…
例句:One in ten are expected t take part in the contest.
预计每十个人就有一个要来参加这次比赛。

4. They are working with trained linguists to expand a digital record of endangered languages.

work with 与…在一起干;从事…工作
例句:I work with disabled athletes.
我的工作就是帮助残疾人运动员。

5. The project’s name comes from the Rosetta Stone, the ancient stone marker kept at the British Museum in London.

come from 来自某处;出生于
例句:Where does the study come from?
这项研究来自什么地方?

6. A single parallel text, a description, a map of where it’s from,these types of things that just give you enough that you can compare to another language that you know or have studied or scholars have figured out, you can start pulling parallels between the two and reconstruct the basics of a language.

figure out 计算出,解决
例句:Can you figure out what they are?
你能弄清楚它们是什么吗?

7. A lot of the time they just couldn’t get to the classes.

a lot of 许多的
例句:He knew a lot of facts!
他知道了许多真实的事!

8. He came up with the character of Edward Sharpe when he was dealing with a drug addiction, and used it as inspiration for the band.

deal with 惠顾; 与…交易;应付
例句:Deal with it head on.
正面处理这件事情。