VOA慢速英语:Kids Learn With 'Man's Best Friend'(翻译)

短语讲解：

1. "I love reading to Izzy because he listens to me, and he doesn't make fun of me when I make a mistake."

make fun of 开玩笑; 调笑; 嘲弄
例句：Do you hate to is make fun of?
你讨厌人给你开玩笑吗?

2. All the students that we worked with in the R.E.A.D. program were behind reading levels at the beginning of the year.

at the beginning of 在…之初
例句：The teacher always calls the roll at the beginning of the class.
上课开始时，老师总要点名。

3. Studies show that kids who can’t read as well as they should when they are nine years old are less likely to graduate high school by the time they are nineteen.

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。