VOA慢速英语:An Art Show in Washington That’s Out of This World

短语讲解：

1. In nineteen sixty-two, the head of America’s space agency, NASA, had an unusual idea for documenting space exploration.

space exploration太空探索
例句：Billions of dollars have been spent on space exploration.
数十亿美元花费在太空探索上。

2. For example, one of the early artists in the Arts Program, Franklin McMahon, spent hours in a NASA medical exam room.

for example例如, 譬如
例句：There are many sources of air pollution; exhaust fumes, for example.
空气污染有许多来源, 例如废气。

3. The exam room was on a ship that picked up the astronauts after they returned to Earth.

pick up安排接取; 使搭乘; 搭救
例句：The ship calls at each port on this coast to pick up passengers and mail.
那艘轮船在沿海每个港口停下, 搭载乘客和接取邮件。

4. And there is debate at NASA about whether the shuttle was named because of the imaginary spacecraft.

because of因为, 由于
例句：I came back because of the rain.
因为下雨, 所以我回来了。

5. In two thousand three, Columbia came apart as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere at the end of a flight. All seven crew members were killed.

come apart破碎；散开；垮掉
例句：The camera just came apart the first time I used it.
我第一次使用这台照相机时, 它就裂开了。

6. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Art Program is responsible for about three thousand works in all.

be responsible for对…负责
例句：He is responsible for all sale.
他负责全面销售。

7. NASA now asks about one artist a year to add to its collection.

add to增加, 加强
例句：The office looked exactly the same as before, only some charts were added to the wall.
办公室里还是那个老样子, 只是墙上多了一些图表。

8. So it’s only one step further to think that they’d come up with some really good art that they would put out in a museum.

come up with想出, 提出
例句：He could not come up with a proper answer.
他想不出一个合适的回答。
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。

9. Noma of the Philippines agreed with the executive director of the awards program that art education was as important as math and science.

agree with同意〔赞同〕某人的意见
例句：They agreed with us on some matters.
在一些事情上他们赞同我们。

10. Another hoped that he would be released as soon as possible and reunited with his family.

as soon as possible尽早, 尽快
例句：Please oblige me with a reply as soon as possible.
请尽早给予答复。