VOA慢速英语:Successful Debate is Like Building a House

1. express vt.表达
例句：We gave them the opportunity to express their feelings, to affirm themselves.
我们给了他们一个机会表达自己的感情，他们可以借此挺一挺腰杆。

2. convince vt. 使相信，说服
例句：I couldn't convince him of his mistake.
我无法使他认识自己的错误。

3. resolution n.决心;解决
例句：Behind this explicit resolution there lay an implicit one.
这个明的决定背后还有个暗的决定。

4. summarize vt.总结，概述
例句：We mag summarize our arguments as follows.
我们可以把上述讨论小结如下。

5. imagine vt.想，设想;想像
例句：Nobody can imagine an end to numbers.
谁也想不出最终是个什么数。

6. opportunity n.机会;适当的时机良机
例句：He is waiting for his opportunity.
他在等待机会。

7. visualize vt.形成思维图像;设想;使可见
例句：He could visualize her now-composed and competent.
他可以想象出她现在的样子──镇静自若，胸有成竹。

8. explain vt.讲解，解释
例句：Would you please explain the theme in detail?
您是否能详细地说明一下主题?