VOA慢速英语:Public Universities in Nigeria reopen After Strike

短语讲解：

1. We have to rush the semester to end it early, in order to make up the time that we spent on the strike," another student added.

in order to 为了…
例句：One must believe in order to acquire understanding.
一个人为了能够获得理解就必须相信。
make up 组成; 补足
例句：Real wages and unemployment make up the third.
第三大类则由实际收入和失业率组成。

2. Teachers tell VOA it is the students who lose because of the strike.

because of 因为，由于
例句：I'm here because of you.
我来这儿是因为你们。

3. The teachers and the government also agree to change it in working conditions and special allowances for those in administrative positions.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：I agree to go with him.
我同意和他一起去。

4. He says improvements in the universities, such as better science laboratories, what let Nigeria compete with other parts of the world.

compete with 与…抗争
例句：Africa will compete with asia.
非洲将与亚洲展开竞争。

5. Nigeria's population is expected to increase by 100 percent by the middle of this century.

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

6. University lecturers say they will be watching to make sure their schools get and effectively use the money the government has promised.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：How do you make sure this is clear?
你怎么能确定这足够明确呢？

7. But for now, Nigerian Universities are filled with students and that is a good thing.

fill with （使）充[挤]满; 使满怀（某种情感等）
例句：The caisson would fill with oil from the leak.
沉箱将装满泄露处的原油。