和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Young Traveler Hopes to Visit Every National Park

2016-06-19来源:VOA

词汇讲解:

1. retire vi.退休; 撤退; 后退
例句:At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career.
在大多数人都退休的年龄,他却准备好面对新的职业。

2. realize vt. 实现; 了解,意识到
例句:I came to realize that he was right.
我终于认识到他是对的。

3. encourage vt.促进; 支持; 鼓励
例句:As to writing, we do not encourage them to scrawl too early.
至于书法,我们不鼓励他们过早地乱写。

4. amazing adj. 令人惊异的
例句:It was all an amazing naval deployment.
这完全是一种令人惊异的海军部署。