VOA慢速英语:Google Looks to Black Universities for Diversity

短语讲解：

1. Those numbers are small compared to the entire US workforce.

compare to 把…比作， 喻为; 与…相比
例句：The cost will soon compare to that of the DTL circuits.
其成本将很快和DTL电路相仿。

2. "Today, if you look at where many African-Americans come from, those high school institutions, they're not properly teaching computer science."

come from 来自
例句：Ambient noise may come from any direction.
外界噪声可以来自任意方向。

3. But then, because of small size, we don't get so much attention from the major companies."

because of 因为；由于
例句：Because of a squall the chase has to be called off.
由于风势太大，追捕只好作罢。

4. Next summer as many as six Fisk students will have Google internships.

as many as 和…一样多; 不下于
例句：They drew as many as four times that year.
他们那一年四次打成平局。

5. That is why Burge said it is important that minority students see more people who look like them in the industry.

look like 看起来像…
例句：He doesn't look like a dead fox.
他不象一只死狐狸。