和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:How Long Americans Live Depends on Where They Live

2017-05-12来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1.A new study has found that how long Americans live depends on where they live.

depend on 依赖; 相信; 信赖; 随…而定
例句:You may depend on me to help you.
你放心,我会帮助你的。

2.That compares to $4,032 spent by Australia, which has a life expectancy of 82.3 and Japan, which spent $3,816 and has one of the highest life expectancies in the world at 83.1.

compare to 把…比作, 喻为; 与…相比
例句:We should compare to this problem more further the high opinion to that problem.
我们对这个问题应比对那个问题更加重视。