VOA慢速英语:What It Means to Be a Good Samaritan

短语讲解：

1. The term "good Samaritan" comes from a story in the Christian bible.

come from来自，源出；产自
例句：From this area come most of our best potatoes.
我们最好的马铃薯大部分是这个地区生产的。

2. Rather than Jesus giving him a lecture in who his neighbor is, he actually tells a story about a Jewish guy who's on his way up to Jericho from Jerusalem who gets beat up and robbed.

beat up痛殴, 毒打(某人)
例句：The boys robbed the old man and beat him up.
那几个家伙抢了那老人的东西, 而且还痛打了他一顿。

3. Finally, someone from Samaria -- a Samaritan -- comes along.

come along出现, 发生
例句：He came along with some friends.
他和几个朋友一同来。

4. The Samaritan cares for this Jewish guy, he bandages his wounds, he takes him to the inn, and then he even foots the bill for him.

care for照料, 服侍
例句：The mother cared for the sick child day and night.
母亲日夜照料着生病的孩子。

5. Reverend Graham points out that the Samaritans and the Jews were enemies at that time.

point out指出
例句：If I make any mistakes, please point them out.
如果我出了错, 请指出来。

6. That Sunday they collected money to help people suffering from the famine in parts of Somalia.

suffer from受苦;患病
例句：My father suffers from high blood pressure.
我父亲有高血压。

7. Why doesn't that apply to the easy case of sending fifty dollars to Oxfam to save a life around the world, or at least someone here at home who's starving and who could easily have harm prevented by your small effort?"

apply to运用
例句：In this way they can better apply theory to practice.
这样他们就能更好地把理论运用到实践中去。

8. Imagine the situation of a doctor on an airplane, or someone calls for a doctor.

call for去接(某人), 去取(某物)
例句：I will call for you tomorrow and we'll go to the park together.
我明天去接你, 咱们一块儿去公园。

9. But New York and a few other states have decided that people who act as good Samaritans in these situations should not have to worry about getting arrested.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句：He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。

10. Some activists call for more good Samaritan laws to protect people from lawsuits.

protect from保护, 保卫
例句：An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。