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VOA慢速英语:Trending Today: Kobe Bryant’s Final NBA Game

2016-04-15来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. A lot of famous players and people came to the Staples Center in Los Angeles to watch.

a lot of 诸多; 许多的
例句：He is a man with a lot of experience under his belt.
他是个阅历很深的人。

2. In recent years, he missed a lot of games because of injuries.

because of 因为
例句：John's jacket got out of shape because of the heavy rain.
约翰的夹克因为大雨而变形。

3. But since the game was played in California, many people on the East Coast missed it and woke up to see the news on Thursday morning.

wake up 醒来; 活跃起来; 引起注意
例句：Call him if the manager doesn' t wake up in time.
你们经理到时醒不来,就叫醒他。