VOA慢速英语:Making Music Together

短语讲解：

1. The other husband and wife combine music with poetry from their Irish and Sri Lankan Tamil ancestries.

combine with与…结合
例句：If he can combine his ability with hard work, he should be very successful.
如果他能把自己的才能和勤奋结合起来, 必定会很有成就。

2. LAURIE ROHRER: "I fell passionately in love with Hawaii and its expression through music."

fall in love with爱上
例句：They meet and fall in love with each other during the second world war.
他们在第二次世界大战期间相遇并相爱。

3. Forty years later, he looks back on those days as a great opportunity.

look back回顾,追忆
例句：Look back all these years, I just feel like daydreaming.
回首走过的这些年，我觉得就像做了一场白日梦。

4. This rich vein of cultural heritage seems to run through them, especially in families.

cultural heritage 文化遗产
run through贯穿
例句：A feeling of sadness runs through his poetry.
一种悲伤感贯穿于他的诗歌。

5. They also give them half the profits once sales have paid back the cost of producing a CD.

pay back偿还
例句：I am sure that he will pay back every cent he owes you.
我敢肯定他会分文不差地把欠款还给你。

6. The Hula Honeys, Robin Kneubuhl and Ginger Johnson, say the couple took a chance on them.

take a chance on冒险
例句：We will take a chance on the weather and have the gathering together outdoors.
我们将冒着会变天的危险在户外举行这次聚会。

7. In Hawaiian culture, stories are passed down from generation to generation through songs.

pass down使流传
例句：This custom has been passed down since the 18th century.
这个风俗从18世纪就沿袭下来。
from generation to generation世世代代, 一代代
例句：This book was handed down from generation to generation.
这本书世代相传。

8. Colm and Pireeni have something else in common.

in common共用，共有，共同
例句：I have nothing in common with Jane
我和简毫无共同之处。

9. And then the language affects the music and vice versa, the constant back and fro.

vice versa反过来也一样，反之亦然
例句：We gossip about them and vice versa.
我们议论他们,他们也议论我们。

10. It was once said that every poet lives as an exile within his own language, and to write poetry that you have to look at the world sideways on, to feel slightly at odds with the world, to look at things with fresh eyes.

at odds with与……意见不一致，与……不合
例句：She is at odds with her boss.
她与上司不和。

11. What I just learned from the entire experience is that when you do something really pure out of your heart, you know, not wanting anything in return, you know, miraculous things can happen.

in return作为回报，作为报答
例句：He was always ready to help others , in return, he was liked by everyone.
他总是乐于助人，作为回报，大家都喜欢他。