VOA慢速英语:Numbers of Mixed-Race Americans Growing

短语讲解：

1. Many multiracial Americans experience life in a way that is very different from someone whose parents belong to the same race or minority group.

belong to 属于
例句：Earls, princes, and kings belong to the nobility.
伯爵、亲王和国王属于贵族。

2. They also say their experience is similar to that of black Americans.

be similar to 类; 与…相似; 类乎
例句：This behavior is similar to buckling of strut.
这种状态类似于压杆的屈曲。

3. “I found actually that it (LA) was where my people were because there were so many biracial people that were suddenly in my orbit that I really had not seen before growing up in the Midwest.”

grow up 长大; 向上生长; 成熟
例句：A little trade began to grow up.
小生意开始兴隆起来。

4. She says children who come from a multiethnic background have an advantage.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：He's just come from the countryside.
他刚从乡下来。