VOA常速英语:African Kids Benefit from Preschool

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意; 集中于
例句：Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.
许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

2. Often young children between zero and 3 years old, the health systems are keeping track of them and they’re doing vaccinations and things like that.

keep track of与…失去〔保持〕联系; 了解〔忘记〕
例句：As a doctor, Brooks has to keep track of the latest developments in medicine.
作为一名医生, 布鲁克斯必须了解医学的最新发展动态。

3. And then, when they turn about 5 or 6, they enter into the school systems and the ministries of education take them over.

enter into参与
例句：We should enter into public life.
我们应当参与公共生活。
take over帮…学习
例句：He took me over my lines.
他帮我练习台词。

4. But these in-between years, they’re not being cared for by the health ministries and they’re not yet being looked after by the education ministries in many cases

care for照料, 服侍
例句：The mother cared for the sick child day and night.
母亲日夜照料着生病的孩子。
look after照顾, 照看(某人或某物)
例句：These children have been well looked after.
这些孩子们受到很好的照顾。

5. They like to interact with their peers.

interact with与…相互作用, 与…相互影响; 与…相互配合
例句：The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.
警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

6. Children were about 24 percent more likely to enroll in primary school.

enroll in (使)加入
例句：He has enrolled himself in advanced English.
他已报名听高级英语课。

7. If a school age child had a younger sibling participating in an early childhood program, they were more likely to be in school.

participate in参加
例句：How many people participated in the opening ceremony?
多少人参加了开业典礼?

8. It came from the American Idol TV show’s charity wing called Idol Gives Back.

come from来自，源出；产自
例句：From this area come most of our best potatoes.
我们最好的马铃薯大部分是这个地区生产的。