VOA慢速英语:James Garfield: Assassinated

carpenter - n. a person whose job is to make or fix wooden objects or wooden parts of buildings

janitor - n. a person who cleans a building and makes minor repairs

achieve - v. to get or reach (something) by working hard

drew - v. caused to come

tone - n. the general quality of a situation

advantages - n. something (such as a good position or condition) that helps to make someone or something better or more likely to succeed than others

detector - n. a device that can tell if a substance or object is present : a device that detects the presence of something

thus - adv. in this way or manner : like this

dramatic - adj. attracting attention : causing people to carefully listen and look

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