VOA慢速英语:Part-Time Professors Demand Full-Time Work

短语讲解：

1. She immediately looked for a teaching position.

look for 寻找
例句：I want Bill to look for Mr. Jones to talk.
我要比尔找琼斯先生谈一谈。

2. Tenured positions, or university teaching positions that last as long as a person wants to keep them, are disappearing.

as long as 只要; 如果; 既然
例句：As long as you succeed they are yours entirely.
只要你胜利了，他们就对你五体投地。

3. But we’re also seeing a lot of part-timers who are working two or three or four or sometimes eight to 10 different classes, and sometimes over three or four different universities in order to piece together a living.

in order to 为了…
例句：He did not come here in order to attend the meeting.
他来这里决不是要参加会议的。

4. I’m just a body that the administration puts in front of a class because they need to fill the class… and that’s about it.

in front of 面前; 在…前面; 当着…的面
例句：A doctor has the title 'Dr' in front of his name.
医生的名字前有“Dr”这个称呼。

5. She also notes the administration takes great efforts to care for its teachers.

care for 照料; 喜欢; 愿意
例句：I wonder whether they will care for us all to go there.
我不知道他们是否喜欢我们都到那儿去。