VOA慢速英语:More Efforts Urged to Get and Keep Girls in School

例句：He missed three attendances this year.
      他今年缺席三次。

2.initiative n.行动和计划

3.equality n.平等；均等；相等

例句：They are fighting for the equality of women.
      她们在为争取男女平等而奋斗。

4.pump vt.vi.用抽水机汲水; 给…打气; 用泵（或泵样器官等）输送

例句：He was pump-ing away.
      他正用抽水机抽水。

      Pump the tire up hard before going out on the road.
      在出去上路之前, 要把轮胎打足气。

5.modernize vt.使现代化,使适应现代需要

例句：The government has announced an ambitious programme to modernize the railway network.
      政府宣布了一项高要求的计划,使铁路网现代化。

6.diarrhea n. 痢疾;腹泻

例句：They can also relieve diarrhea.
       它们还可以治泻肚。

       Three days later his diarrhea was checked.
       三天以后他的痢疾止住了。