VOA慢速英语:New York's Emergency Crews Learning Mandarin

短语讲解：

1. He adds that it is vital, or very important, that first responders are able to communicate with the people calling for help.

communicate with 与…联系，与…交往
例句：I can communicate with foreigners easily.
我能轻松地和外国人沟通。

2. Cheung says she can see amazing progress they have made with this language, which -- according to her – is one of the hardest languages in the world.

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

3. Cheung says breaking up the sentence and then combining the parts together can make it easy for students to understand.

break up 结束; （使） 破碎; 放假
例句：In spring the ice-floes break up.
春天浮冰碎裂了。

4. Ellis explains that Cheung goes to each and every single student in the class and goes over the lesson until the whole class understands it completely.

go over 重温; 翻; 转为
例句：Before doing your exercises, you should go over the text.
做作业前，你应该将课文复习一遍。

5. Recently, he followed up on a report of a gas leak in an apartment building.

follow up 把…贯彻到底，对…采取进一步行动; 跟着
例句：He failed to follow up my suggestion.
他没有照着我的建议做下去。

6. Other Mandarin classes are planned, along with training in other languages.

along with 连同; 以及; 和…一起
例句：The bill came along with the package.
单据和包裹一起来的。