VOA慢速英语:Asia’s Boat People: Smuggled or Trafficked?

短语讲解：

1.Reporters are following the story of Muslim Rohingya and Bangladeshis as they go overseas in search of a better future.

in search of 寻找
例句：They set off in search of the lost child.
他们出发寻找失踪的孩子。

2. Thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshis were put on boats, but left at sea.

thousands of 数千的
例句：A computer consists of thousands of components.
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。

3. The countries along the network have generally failed to investigate suspected human trafficking.

fail to 未能…
例句：Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity.
你（如果）不付款，他们就要断电。

4. A total of 25,000 people are believed to have taken boats from Myanmar and Bangladesh in the first three months of 2015.

a total of 总数为
例句：The book has three parts with a total of fifteen chapters .
本书共分三个部分，十五个章节。