VOA慢速英语:Learning from Differences at the University of Vermont

短语讲解：

1.Please join us over the next several weeks as we bring you stories about international students and the American higher education system as a whole.

as a whole 整体来看; 普遍说来， 一般地说
例句：As a whole, the relocation seems to have been beneficial.
整个看来，这次迁移似乎是有益的。

2.In addition to his college experience, he loved how much he learned about surviving so far away from home.

in addition to 除…之外
例句：In addition to the tractor, we have acquired a new rice transplanter.
除了拖拉机，我们又添了一台插秧机。
learn about 获得，学得
例句：He was deeply grieved to learn about his teacher's death.
他得知老师去世的消息，非常难过。

3.For example, he got help paying for his undergraduate studies from an organization called the Hope Fund.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱;
例句：I have had to pay for repairs to the house.
我不得不支付房屋维修费用。

4.But Zeng argues the biggest lessons she has taken from her experience have come from the different people she has met.

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。