VOA慢速英语:Chinese Girls Raised in America Find Their Identity

短语讲解：

1. An American journalist who adopted a young Chinese girl 18 years ago is using her daughter's story to tell about abandoned children from China.

tell about 讲述; 告诉（某人）有关…的情况
例句：We were instructed not to tell about it.
我们受到指示不得说出那件事。

2. Jocelyn Ford, the former Beijing bureau chief for the U.S. National Public Radio's business show Marketplace, is Ms. Ludtke's partner on a project called Touching Home in China: In Search of Missing Girlhoods.

in search of 寻找
例句：He went in search of a doctor for his sick wife.
他去为他生病的妻子找医生。

3. For the past several decades the government has punished parents who produce more than one child.

more than 多于
例句：True friendship is worth more than money.
真正的友谊比金钱更有价值。

4. In Chinese society, male children are more likely to be able to get jobs that can support their families.

be able to 能够
例句：When will you be able to deliver?
您什么时候可以交货？

5. According to adoption expert Dr. Peter Selman of Newcastle University, over 120,000 Chinese children were adopted between 1992 and 2009.

according to 根据，按照
例句：According to the normal,I should accept her invitation.
按照常情，我应该接受她的邀请。