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慢速英语:Census Findings Show Changes in US Population

Source: VOA  Onion  2011-03-14   English BBS   Favorite  
1.Growth in the United States population slowed compared to the last census.

compare to把…比作, 喻为

例句:Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.
      莎士比亚把世界比作舞台。

      Life is compared to a voyage.
      人生好比航海。

与…相比

例句:The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
      把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较。

2.In all, about seven hundred sixty of them are experiencing natural decrease.

in all总共, 合计;总之

例句:There are fifteen books on the first shelf, twenty-one on the second, that makes thirty-six in all.
      书架的第一层有15本书, 第二层有21本, 总共是36本。

3.Mr. Perry says this does not necessarily mean their population is dropping.

not necessarily未必,不一定

例句:It is not necessarily so .
      我看是未必。


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