VOA慢速英语:Poor Quality Education Costing Billions Every Year

短语讲解：

1. Recently, there have been efforts to make sure children in Africa get a good strong education.

make sure 把事情弄清楚
例句：Make sure she eats nutritious food.
要确定她吃得很营养。

2. As a result, about one in four students in poor countries cannot read a complete sentence, that represents about 175 million young people.

as a result 结果， 因此
例句：As a result, you get hungry again faster.
于是，你也变得更容易饿了。

3. The report comes from UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

come from 来自某处; 出生
例句：It could come from anywhere.
它可以来自任何地方。

4. They also earn far less money than teachers working for the government.

work for 受雇于; 为…而工作; 效劳; 致力
例句：Two of his five children already work for his group.
他的两个五个孩子已经为他的组织工作。

5. She says they should want to be in the classroom instead of doing other jobs.

instead of （用…）代替…， （是…）而不是…
例句：Use household products instead of commercial cleaners.
让日常用品代替商业清洁品。