VOA慢速英语:Students in Brazil Occupy High Schools

短语讲解：

1. High school students have taken over more than 300 public spaces and formed committees to demand meetings with state officials.

take over 接管; 带; 帮…学习
例句：My idea is let her take over me the work.
我的想法是让她接替我的工作。

2. The protests are legal, she said, as long as protestors respect court orders.

as long as 只要; 如果; 既然
例句：As long as I breathe, I will fight them.
只要一息尚存，我就要跟他们斗。

3. Galvao said officals from the state's Department of Education signed a document agreeing to meet students' demands.

agree to 同意， 赞成， 同意照办
例句：They agree to the plan in principle.
他们原则上同意这个计划。

4. He said he was “touched” when he visited an occupied school that serves at least 1,200 students.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。

5. Brazil's Ministry of Education spokesperson told VOA that because high schools are under the control of state governments, ministry officials prefer to "not comment at this moment."

under the control of 受…的控制
例句：All schools are under the control of the Ministry of Education.
所有学校统归教育部管辖。