VOA慢速英语:High Demand from Investors for Special US Visas

短语讲解：

1. The U.S. State Department reports some Chinese citizens who have asked for visas without taking part in the program have been waiting since 2001.

take part in 参加…，参与…活动
例句：Are you going to take part in the first experiment?
你们会参与首次实验吗?

2. In 2014, The Washington City Paper reported that Chinese take part in the program not to make money but to be able to educate their children in the United States.

be able to 能够
例句：He will be able to take up his normal routine shortly.
他不久就能处理日常事务。

3. The Government Accountability Office reported last year that some people who have asked for or been given an EB-5 visa might have lied about where they earned their money.

ask for 请求…; 要求…
例句：He ask for leave of absence to visit his mother in hospital.
他请假去探望住院的母亲。

4. The GAO report said some of the money that is invested in job-creating businesses may come from the “drug trade, human trafficking or other criminal activities.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：Ambient noise may come from any direction.
外界噪声可以来自任意方向。

5. We confer immigration benefits based on a number of factors.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：The vibrating object has executed a number of oscillations.
物体已经完成了许多次振动。