VOA慢速英语:Students Protest High Cost of Education

短语讲解：

1. British Member of Parliament George Osborne announced in June that maintenance grants would no longer be available.

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

2. The problem of higher education costs for poorer people was also at the center of the South African demonstrations.

at the center of 在……中间
例句：At the center of the square stands a monument in black marble.
在广场的中央耸立着一座黑色大理石的纪念碑。

3. Demonstrations spread to several other universities across the country as well as outside parliament.

as well as 也，又
例句：Let' s share in our troubles as well as in our joys.
让我们同甘共苦吧。

4. The report shows that 69 percent of higher education students used loans to pay for school in 2014.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱
例句：I' ll give you double pay for working overtime.
你加班我付你双倍工钱。