VOA慢速英语:Andy Shallal: 'I Didn't Have to Come Here, I Chose to Come Here'

短语讲解：

1. There is a saying that laughter is good for the soul.

be good for 值得，有效; 利于
例句：Do it up. It'll be good for you.
把它喝完，它对你有益。

2. The family could no longer return to their homeland.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：He could no longer hold back his tears.
他再也忍不住自己的眼泪。

3. At Busboys and Poets, his customers include activists against the Iraqi War, as well as visiting celebrities.

as well as 也，又
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days.
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。