VOA慢速英语:Cameroon Building Classrooms for Students Fleeing Boko Haram

短语讲解：

1. Mr. Bakari said schools in safer places can no longer provide for the increasing numbers of students.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：The mine is no longer being worked. 
这座煤矿现在已不开采了。 

2. The governor has given out contracts to build classrooms, dormitories and latrines.

give out 分发; 公布
例句：The teacher will give out the books. 
教师将要发书。 

3.  He said the government has helped speed up the work by reducing the time it takes to get administrative approval.

speed up （使）加速; 开快车; 加紧
例句：We will be able to speed up that day. 
我们要促使这一天的来临。 

4. The school children are among the 100,000 people who had to leave their homes since Boko Haram became active in Cameroon. The militant group is seeking to set up an Islamic state.

set up 建立; 准备;  安排
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country. 
他们在全国建立好多分公司。