VOA慢速英语:A New Invention: Shoes that Grow with a Child(翻译)

短语讲解：

1. As a result, about 300 million children around the world go barefoot.

as a result 结果， 因此
例句：Our water supply has diminished as a result of the drought.
由于旱灾我们的水贮备减少了。

2. Those children risk picking up diseases and parasites from the soil.

pick up 捡起; 接载
例句：I' ll call round at my brother' s to pick up the dictionary.
我将到兄弟家去一下把那本词典拿来。

3. He explains how the shoe works and how it is able to last so long.

be able to 能够; 能，会
例句：We must be able to stay impartial at all times.
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。

4. They were so small, she had to cut open the front of her shoes to let her toes stick out.

stick out 坚持; 伸出来; 竖起
例句：The workers are determined to stick out until they get their demands.
工人们决心不达到他们的要求，决不罢休。

5. I kept writing down I should do this because of this or because of that.

because of 因为，由于
例句：The journey was slow because of continual stops.
由于常常停下来，所以行程很慢。