VOA慢速英语:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Names New Members

break up(使)破裂

例句：We don't know the reason why they have broken up with each other.
      我们不知道他们的关系为何破裂。

2.Tom Waits' music touches on the private experiences many people have, like the sweetness that remains from a long-ago love.

touch on与…有关, 涉及

例句：In his lecture on geology, he touched on the subject of climate.
      他在关于地质学的报告中, 也涉及气候问题。

      Let me now deal more fully with the important question that was touched on earlier.
       现在我来详细谈一谈前面已经提到的那个重要问题。

3.Tom Waits kept working hard and putting out great music.

put out出版; 发行; 发布

例句：They have already put out a new periodical.
      他们已经出版了一种新的期刊。

      The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.
      政府将于明天发布一项新声明。