和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Kenyan Education Ministry Orders Schools to Close

2015-09-25来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. One is that “little to no” teaching has been taking place during the strike.

take place 发生,举行
例句:Earthquakes take place far underground.
地震则发生在地球的极深处。

2. Teachers and students are waiting for the government and the Kenya National Union of Teachers to agree on wage issues.

agree on 对某事[物]有同样看法, 商定[同意]某事
例句:They agree on these terms.
他们一致同意这些条款。

3. He said the government does not have the money available to pay the teachers even more.

even more 更; 愈加; 越发
例句:The old woman dressed even more splendidly.
那位老妇人穿着更为华丽。

4. Wednesday, opposition politicians demonstrated in central Nairobi in support of the striking teachers.

in support of 支持; 证明…正确
例句:The historical evidence in support of this convention is weak.
支持这个论点的历史证据不足。