VOA慢速英语 手头很紧: 经济困顿的痛苦

　　我在自己口袋里找到的是一枚一角的银币.

　　Can you give me a dime for two nickels?

　　我给你两枚五分镍币换你一枚一角银币,成吗?

　　2. re-organize vi. / vt. 重新组织, 改组[编], 整编（构成:前缀re-再次+organize组织）

　　例句：Classes will be re-organized after the first four weeks.

　　开学四个星期后要重新编班。

　　3. pinch vt. 盗窃；偷

　　例句：The thief pinched her purse and ran away.

　　小偷偷了她的皮夹子跑了。

　　n. 捏, 掐, 夹,拧

　　例句：She gave him a pinch to wake him up.

　　她拧了他一下以弄醒他。

　　n. 困苦, 穷苦

　　例句：It's six months since he lost his job, so he's beginning to feel the pinch.

　　他失业已有六个月了, 所以开始感到相当困难。

　　4. surrender vt. / vi. 投降, 放弃, 抛弃

　　例句：In the end they were forced to surrender.

　　最后他们被迫投降了。

　　They surrendered the city.

　　他们放弃了这座城市。

　　5. prizefighting n. 职业拳击