慢速英语:Rescuing Masai Girls From Early Marriage

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短语讲解：

1. She tries to rescue Masai girls from early marriage and make sure they get an education.

make sure 查明;设法确保,确定
例句: You must make sure of the time and place.
你必须把时间和地点弄清楚。

2. She now has fifteen girls at her center, and she is building a dormitory to house up to eighty girls.

up to （数量上）多达；
例句：The bill footed up to $1,000. 
账单结算总计1,000元。 

3. Their bodies are not ready for sex and childbirth.

be ready for 为...做准备
例句：The new house is ready for occupation. 
新屋可以居住了。

4. At the age of four she was booked to a man who she thinks was about sixty to seventy years old.

At the age of 在...岁
例句：Children enter primary school at the age of 7. 
孩子们7岁进小学。 

5. When the marriage will soon take place, the girl must undergo a custom that some call female circumcision.

take place 发生
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则在地球的极深处。