VOA常速英语:Dallas All-Boys School Lets Young Men Shine

词汇讲解：

1. co-ed adj. (教育、学校等)男女同校的
例句：I want to go to a coed school.
我要上男女同校的学校。

2. exception n.例外
例句：This is considered an exception to the rule.
我们把这看作是该规则的例外。

3. appoint vt. 任命,指派
例句：They appointed him (to be) manager.
他们任命他为经理。

4. raise vt. 抚养; 饲养
例句：We want to raise our children to be decent men and women.
我们盼望把孩子们培养成优秀人才。

5. distract vt.使(人)分心, 分散(注意力)
例句：Noise outside distracted her mind from her studies.
门外的噪音使她心神不宁, 无法集中注意力学习。

6. interrupt v. 打断
例句：You'd better not interrupt him. He is sleeping.
你最好别打扰他, 他在睡觉。

7. magnet n. 有吸引力的人[物]
例句：Buckingham Palace is a great magnet for tourists.
白金汉宫对旅游者来说是个有巨大吸引力的地方。

8. enhance vt.提高, 增加, 加强
例句：The growth of a city often enhances the value of land close to it.
城市的发展常常会提高其附近的地价。

9. culinary adj. 厨房的, 烹饪的
例句：She is studying culinary arts.
她正在学习烹调。

10. reserve vt.保留[储备]某物
例句：We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon.
票为您保留到明天中午。

11. deserving adj.值得的, 应得的
例句：A job well done is deserving of praise.
一件工作做得好应该受到表扬。