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voa慢速英语 family：VOA慢速英语读听说写bingo n. 宾果游戏take it easy and rest v.松休息bachelor's degree n.学士学位Fein has had a full life. She has raised five children and then had a career as a secretary until she retired at age 77. But even then she was not ready to take it easy and rest during a well-earned retirement. "I didn't have anything to do in retirement and I didn't think that playing bingo was up to my speed " Fein told the Associa

VOA 慢速英语是适合中级水平英语学习者（相当于高中学生）不可多得的学习素材。《词语句篇学习法》的观点是：没见过的不听，没听过的不读，没读过的不说，没说过的不写。今天我们学习一段关于84岁女士获得学士学位的报道，让我们为这种“活到老学到老”的精神点赞。

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Many people some even at a very young age set the goal of graduating from college. One American woman in Texas waited a long time for her chance to reach that goal. The woman is 84-year-old Janet Fein. Last week she received her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.

bachelor's degree n.学士学位

Fein has had a full life. She has raised five children and then had a career as a secretary until she retired at age 77. But even then she was not ready to take it easy and rest during a well-earned retirement. "I didn't have anything to do in retirement and I didn't think that playing bingo was up to my speed " Fein told the Associated Press. She said she decided to major in sociology because she felt it was "substantial."

secretary n.秘书； 干事

take it easy and rest v.松休息

bingo n. 宾果游戏

up to my speed [非正式用语] 悉知的，熟悉的

I didn't think that playing bingo was up to my speed.

didn't think是否定提前，相当于I think that playing bingo was not up to my speed.

Associated Press n. 美联社

substantial adj. 大量的； 重大的；

Fein grew up in the Bronx area of New York City. She said that in high school she just wanted to finish and get a job. After graduating early at the age of 16 she went to work as a secretary at a dress manufacturer. After getting married she spent 18 years staying home with her children. She held several jobs throughout her life including 20 years as a secretary at a Dallas hospital. That is the job she retired from in 2012. She also worked for 20 years on earning an associate degree which she received in 1995.

dress manufacturer n.服装制造商

associate degree n.美国大学修满二年课程的肄业证书

But Fein told the AP she also wanted to earn a bachelor's degree "with all of my heart." Even with all of her life experiences she said she enjoyed reading writing papers and learning new things. "With each class I already knew a lot but then I also learned a lot. And that made me happy."

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