学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3163 foster

今天我们要学的词是 foster.

Foster是指培育、培养、促进。North and South Korea opened a joint¹ liaison² office aimed at fostering cross-border communications and relations，朝鲜和韩国开放了一个联合联络处，目的是促进跨境通讯和朝韩关系。Convinced that smaller schools with specific interests could foster better, more motivated learning, the Gates Foundation spent millions of dollars testing how to break up the large comprehensive high school model. 盖茨基金会深信，具有专项教育的较小型学校可以促进更好、更能激励学生的教学，因此花费数百万美元尝试如何打破大型高中的综合教学模式。

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 liaison   

n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通

参考例句：

• She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
• She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。