Americanwelfaresystem.ppt

Para15~17 There needs to be a lawyer who can act as a champion for the rights of welfare clients, because the system so easily lends itself to abuse by the welfare givers as well as by the clients. 我们需要一名律师作为享受福利人员的捍卫者，这是因为当今福利系统太容易被福利实施者，以及福利享受者滥用了。 Champion n.冠军 eg.1 He is the world champion in diving. 他是跳水的冠军 n.捍卫者；支持者 eg.2 She has been a champion of free speech since enterinng college. 她自从进大学后就是一名自由言论的支持者了 v.捍卫；支持；拥护 eg.3 They have always championed the cause of equal rights for women 他们一直支持妇女争取同等权利的运动 a.优胜的；冠军的；第一流的 lend oneself to 适用于；适合 eg.1 Her voice doesn’t really lend itself well to singing. 她的嗓子不是很适合唱歌 eg.2 The computer lends itself to many different uses. 计算机提供了多种使用途径。 eg.3 Some poems do not lend themselves to translation. 有些诗歌不适合翻译。 Welfare sent Suzanne to look around in my apartment the other day because the chemist said I was using a larger than usual amount of medical supplies. 某天福利机构派苏珊娜到我的公寓来视察，因为药剂师说我最近比平时用了更多的药品。 　I was, indeed: the hole that has been surgically cut to drain urine had changed size and the connection to my urine bag was leaking. 我的确多用了，因为外科手术中切的排尿孔的大小改变了，尿袋的连接处发生了渗漏。 drain Vi .排水，流干 eg.1 The river drained away and the river bed became dry. 河水流尽，河床干涸 Vt.喝光；耗尽；使流出 eg.1 Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines. 矿工们开掘了隧道以将水排出矿井 n.排水；下水道；排水管；消耗 brain drain 人才外流；人才流失 drain off 渐渐枯竭，把…排出 leak n. 泄漏；漏洞，裂缝 eg.1 One of the employees was responsible for the leak. 其中一个雇员对泄密负有责任。 vt. 使渗漏，泄露 eg.2 He leaked the names to the press. 他将这些名字泄露给了报社 vi. 漏，渗；泄漏 leak out 泄露出去 eg.3 You should guarantee that the file won’t be leaked out. 你要保证这份文件不被泄露出去。 eg.4 Air leaked out of the balloon. 空气从气球里面漏出去了 　 While she was taking notes, my phone rang and Suzanne answered it. The caller was a state senator, which scared Suzanne a little. 她正