VOA慢速英语 美国历史系列:奴隶制危机短期内缓解

　　John Brown was ready for his final struggle against slavery.

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　　ANNOUNCER:

　　Our program was written by Frank Beardsley. The narrators were Jack Moyles and Harry Monroe. Transcripts, MP3s, podcasts and archives of our programs are online, along with historical images, at voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION -- an American history series in VOA Special English.

　　一、词汇学习

　　1.continual adj.持续不断的, 继续的

　　例句：Some of the leaders made continual mistakes because they stuck to their individual ideas.

　　有些领导凭长官意志在错误的道路上一错再错。

　　2.reject vt.拒绝, 抵制, 否决, 驳回, 丢弃, 呕出

　　例句：We had to reject your project simply because it was below our expectations.

　　你的提议没有达到我们的期望，所以我们不得不将其否决。

　　3.insane adj.患精神病的, 极愚蠢的

　　例句：John was clearly insane; always declaring that he was the king of the world.

　　约翰总说自己是世界之王，显然是疯了。

　　4.bitterly adv.怨恨地, 悲痛地, 残酷地

　　例句：They are now bitterly paying for their lack of vision.

　　由于缺乏远见，他们正在吃大亏。

　　5.flee v.逃避, 逃跑, 逃走

　　例句：Zoroastrian were forced to flee into the desert。

　　琐罗亚斯德教教徒被迫逃入沙漠。

　　6.extend v.扩充, 延伸, 伸展, 扩大

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