VOA慢速英语:Nam June Paik Made Video Into a Modern Art Form

短语讲解：

1. Nam June Paik helped turn the moving image into a common tool for artists to use as a form of expression.

turn into (使)变成
例句：Her bitter experience has turned her into a stronger person.
痛苦的经历使她变得更坚强了。

2. It is made up of three hundred thirty-six televisions, fifty DVD players, and over one hundred seventy meters of neon lighting.

be made up of由…组成
例句：Animal bodies are made up of cells.
动物的身体是由细胞组成的。

3. Images from the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior are used to represent the state of Alabama.

be used to do被用来做
例句：Wires are used to convey electricity.
金属线是用来传电的。

4. This video sculpture makes use of over one thousand televisions.

makes use of使用;利用
例句：We should make use of the chance.
我们应该利用机会。

5. Mister Cage was known for his experimental music and for using everyday sounds in his art. He had a big influence on the young Korean artist.

have an influence on对…有影响
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。

6. Some of the televisions were turned off.

turn off (把…)关掉
例句：He turned off the water.
他关上了水龙头。

7. Jim Lewis of Slate.com said it marked the first time video images were freed from television.

free from (把…)从…释放出来; 使摆脱
例句：That country is now freed from imperialist slavery.
那个国家现已从帝国主义的奴役下解放出来。

8. Nam June Paik is well known for his huge, complex video works that involve many televisions.

be known for因…而众所周知
例句：This town is known for its handiwork.
这个城市以其手工制品闻名。

9. We shouldn’t just watch the world go by and accept the media images that we’re given.

go by顺便走访
例句：She was in when I went by yesterday.
我昨天顺便去看她时, 她正好在家。

10. Really the opposite of what we think of as the world of media that he was immersed in.

be immersed in沉溺于，专心于
例句：All over the world is immersed in atmosphere of Olympic Game.
全世界都沉浸在奥林匹克的气氛中。