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VOA慢速英语:Schools, Universities Teach Students the Truth About Fake News

2017-04-16来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. This has led Facebook to work with organizations to find out whether a disputed story is true or false and educators to train students to become responsible readers of news.

find out 发现; 使发作
例句:You can find out whether they are prepared to share the cost of the flowers with you
你可以弄清楚他们是否愿意和你一起分担买花的费用。

2. The course trains students to look for various details that may indicate the validity of the story.

look for 寻找(某人或某物)
例句:You could look for a career abroad where environmental jobs are better paid and more secure
你可以在国外找一份工作,那里与环境相关的工作报酬更高,也更稳定。

3. Does the body of the story actually relate to the headline?

relate to 涉及; 同…有…关系
例句:I think it is important for children to have brothers and sisters they can relate to
我认为对孩子们来讲有可以相互理解沟通的兄弟姐妹很重要。

4. The University of Michigan, or UM, has a similar course to train students to research the validity of news stories, and to be aware of biases.

be aware of 知道
例句:He cannot be aware of the soliloquies of others.
他不可能知道别人的独白。

5. Hornik and the Center for News Literacy have developed teaching resources, as well as a free online news literacy course on Coursera.

as well as 也,以及
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。

6. According to the New York Times, IS 303 teacher Rema Kaddah tells her students to be selective about what they take and accept as truth, and to not accept somebody else’s truth.

according to 根据,按照
例句:Philip stayed at the hotel, according to Mr Hemming
据亨明先生所说,菲利普住在旅馆里。