VOA慢速英语:Three Innovators Who Changed the History of Sound and Communication Technologies

短语讲解：

1. Today we tell about three inventors who died last month. Max Mathews, Norio Ohga, and Hubert Schlafly all had a big influence on modern sound and communication technologies.

have an influence on影响
例句：He says the mid-term elections could have an influence on his decision.
他说，中期选举将会对他的决定产生一定影响。

2. He created electronic tools so that people could use computers as musical instruments.

so that以便
例句：I will give you all the facts so that you can judge for yourself.
我会给你所有的事实以便你可以自己判断。

3. For that reason, Mathews moved the work to a tape player, which could be sped up to play the music at a normal speed.

speed up (使)加速
例句：We are speeding up the mechanization of our agriculture.
我们正在加快农业机械化的步伐。

4. Mathews told Wired.com that he believed modern musicians are not making full use of the power of computer music.

make full use of充分利用
例句：The day will come when man can make full use of solar energy.
人类能够充分利用太阳能的那一天将会到来。

5. Sony Corporation official Norio Ohga helped to develop the compact disc in the late nineteen seventies.

compact disc光碟机;激光唱片(略作CD)
例句：The compact disc is a miracle of modern technology.
激光唱片是当代技术的奇迹。

6. He strongly pushed for CDs to be larger, and with a longer playing time.

push for急切、强烈地要求, 为…奋力争取
例句：We were pushed for time and had to quit some place to visit.
由于时间紧迫, 我们只好放弃一些地方不去参观了。

7. He said a business leader had to work to build on the talents of the people in an organization, just like a director must work to bring out the best in members of an orchestra.

bring out使清楚; 使明显
例句：The new dress brought out her hidden beauty.
那件新衣服把她潜在的美展现出来了。

8. The teleprompter soon became popular with politicians who could use it to face the television camera while reading prepared statements, instead of looking down at their notes. Soon, the devices were used for almost all live television broadcasts.

instead of .(用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。
look down俯视, 向下看
例句：Look down the valley, what a magnificent view!
往山谷下看看吧，景色那么壮丽啊！

9. It was the first time he had ever spoken in public with the help of a teleprompter.

in public公开地, 当众
例句：He made that remark in public.
那句话他是当众讲的。
with the help of借助于, 利用
例句：I read English magazines with the help of a dictionary.
我借助字典翻阅英文杂志。