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VOA慢速英语:How Did Thanksgiving 'Turkey' Get its Name?(翻译)

2016-11-24来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. explain vt. 讲解，解释
例句：He made up a story to explain why he was absent.
他编造了一个故事为他的缺席辩解。

2. reference n. 参考; 参考书; 提及，涉及
例句：He made no reference to any agreement
他没有提到什么协议。

3. translate vt.翻译; 转化; 解释
例句：Only a small number of Kadare's books have been translated into English
卡达雷的书仅有一小部分译成了英文。

4. represent vt.表现，象征; 代表
例句：The capital letters represent women and the lower-case letters men.
大写字母表示妇女，小写字母表示男子。