VOA慢速英语:How Do You Save Unwanted Babies?

短语讲解：

1. "And it was really just two miles away from a fire station. And you know, if that mother -- maybe an under-resourced, desperate mom who was terribly afraid -- would have been able to just find her way just two miles down the road, she may have been able to surrender that baby, and the baby could be alive today."

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

2. He approved a plan for setting up the first baby box at the local fire station.

set up 建立; 准备; 安排
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country.
他们在全国建立好多分公司。

3. A civic organization, the Knights of Columbus, paid for the first 100 boxes.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱; 因…受罚[痛苦]
例句：I' ll give you double pay for working overtime.
你加班我付你双倍工钱。

4. Kelsey gets emails every day from people asking for a box in their hometown.

ask for 请求…; 要求…; 找…
例句：He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。