VOA慢速英语:Are You Losing It?

词汇讲解：

1. store n. 商店, 店铺
例句：There's a small general stores in the village where you can get anything from stamps to potatoes.
这个村子里有家小杂货店, 在那里你可以买到从邮票到马铃薯等的所有东西。

2. forget v. 忘记
例句：Don't forget to turn off the light when you leave the room.
你离开房间时别忘了关灯。

3. solve vt. 解决; 解答
例句：He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.
他终于解决了运输的困难。

4. differ vi. 持异议
例句：The two brothers differed about politics.
这兄弟俩政见不同。

5. control vt. 控制, 抑制, 支配
例句：I couldn't control myself, and I hit him.
我气得不得了就打了他。

6. ease v. (使)减轻, 舒缓
例句：The pain began to ease.
疼痛开始减轻了。

7. tension n. 紧张的状态; 紧张
例句：The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.
那位外交官插进一个笑话, 紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。

8. depressed adj. 精神不振的,忧伤的,消沉的
例句：He was so depressed about his debts that he wanted to blow his brains out.
他为债务烦恼不已,恨不得一枪把自己结果了。

9. dump n. 抑郁
例句：It's no use letting yourself fall into the dumps.
你听任自己的情绪低沉下去一点用也没有。

10. similar adj. 类似的; 同类的; 相似的; 同样的
例句：Similar triangles have equal angles.
相似三角形有相等的角。