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VOA慢速英语:Real Mermaids? Not Really, But…

2016-05-15来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. VOA recently visited the Weeki Wachee freshwater spring to learn about these mermaids.

learn about 获得，学得; 得知有关…的消息
例句：He took a course to learn about car maintenance.
他学习了汽车保养的课程。

2. Now, as many as 500 do.

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。

3. They must deal with the cold water, and fish and turtles that sometimes gently bite their fingers.

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾; 与…交易
例句：Imperical edicts could deal with very varied matters.
皇帝的诏节涉及各个方面的事物。

4. But both of them quit by the end of the week, because it was that difficult.

by the end of 到…为止
例句：By the end of 40's the riddle of superfluidity was solved.
大约在四十年代末，超流的谜终于解开了。