VOA慢速英语:Improve Your English by Looking for Patterns

短语讲解：

1. She advises learners to look for patterns as they learn a language.

look for 寻找（某人或某物）
例句：I was just going to look for you and here you are.
我正要找你，恰好你来了。

2. So, they (English learners) just simply say 'Alright, I'm going to write about my memory from childhood.

write about 写…的事，写到…
例句：what the critics are going to write about your show yet.
评论家们会对你的展览写些什么。

3. In other words, learners should choose stories, identify patterns in the stories, and then use the patterns that they find in their own writing.

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句：Joe doesn' t like work -- in other words, he' s lazy !
乔不爱劳动──换句话说，他懒惰！