VOA慢速英语:Two Nations: Black America and White America

短语讲解：

1. It notes that as many as 20 percent of blacks in seven of the country’s largest cities do not have a job.

as many as 和…一样多; 不下于
例句：You may take as many as you want. 
你要多少就可拿多少。 

2. He says the school is taking steps to make sure they are ready for the workplace.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：I make sure it would rain, but it didn't. 
我确信要下雨的，可是没下。 

3. “More and more we’re having everything from career days to a real focus on the networking, if you will, that it takes to basically not just to enter your chosen career but to really get the job that you want.”

focus on 致力于; 使聚焦于
例句：Just turn up the music on your radio and focus on that. 
只要打开收音机专心听音乐就行。