VOA慢速英语:American Muslims Fight Stereotypes

短语讲解：

1. Ramadan is a time when Muslims fast and focus on God.

focus on 致力于; 使聚焦于
例句：Instead, we should focus on long-term trends.
因此，我们应该将焦点集中在长期趋势。

2. But extremism has led to misconceptions about Islam.

lead to 导致
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。

3. “Those people who are doing these kind of things, they say they are Muslim but according to our religion, they are not a real Muslim because that is … they have their own agenda, which they are using in the name of the religion.”

according to 根据
例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。

4. A 2011 study by the Pew Research Center showed that Muslims in the U.S. are concerned about the acts of Islamic extremists.

concern about 使（自己）关心…
例句：She showed great concern about you.
她很为你担心。

5. Now I start to train myself how to deal with it.

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾
例句：We have to be prepared to deal with a range of possible cases.
我们必须准备应付各种可能的情况。

6. In an interview with Share America, she said American Muslim women in positions of leadership play an important role in fighting these stereotypes.

play an important role in 在…中起重要作用
例句：Did religion play an important role in your home?
在你家庭生活中宗教信仰是否起到重要作用?