VOA慢速英语:How Two Programs Altered Music and Photography

短语讲解：

1. These programs have changed the way people make music and take pictures.

take pictures照相
例句：Two photographers go to the Amazon to take pictures of native girls.两个摄影师来到亚马逊拍摄当地女孩子的图片。

2. It’s listening to the pitch that the voice is singing and it’s comparing that pitch to what’s called the target pitch.

compare to与…相比
例句：Generally speaking, paternal side is closer as compare to the maternal side. 
一般来说，父系家族比母系家族要亲得多。

3. If the singer has trouble reaching those notes, Auto-Tune can change the incorrect pitch into the correct target pitch.

have trouble在…有困难
例句：I have trouble using chopsticks correctly.
我很难正确地使用筷子。

4. The correction rate can be set so that a correction is not easy to identify, like in the example we heard earlier.

so that结果, 以致
例句：Everyone lent a hand, so that the work was finished ahead of schedule.
每个人都帮了忙, 所以工作提前完成了。

5. It lets users record and play back their voice using this Auto-Tune effect.

play back播放, 重播
例句：When I play back the text, please listen carefully to see whether there are any mispronunciations in it.
我放课文录音时请仔细听着, 看里面有没有发音错误。

6. This was probably not the use Andy Hildebrand had in mind when he invented the software.

have in mind想到；记得；打算
例句：What color do you have in mind?
你想要什么颜色的呢？

7. Mr. Klein says engineers, singers, and people starting careers in the music industry are starting to use Auto-Tune instead of aiming for a great performance.

aim for计划, 打算
例句：She was aiming for the top in her career.
她立志攀登事业的顶峰。

8. I’ve certainly used it on projects where it has not at all interfered with the artistic integrity of the project

interfere with干预, 阻挠, 妨碍, 阻止
例句：The noise interferes with my work.
这噪音妨碍我的工作。

9. A great performance with a minor mistake can be corrected thanks to Auto-Tune, instead of being unusable.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to your help, we were successful.
由于你的帮助, 我们得以成功。

10. Will Crocker has been working as a photographer in New Orleans for over thirty years.

work as任…职, 当…
例句：It must be a hard life, working as a nurse in a backward country.
在落后的国家当一名护士, 生活必定是艰苦的。

11. Still, he has great respect for this program.

have respect for尊敬[重],重视
例句：Students should have respect for their teachers.
学生要尊敬老师。

12. When you look at that list of people that contributed to the current version, it’s thirty or forty names.

contribute to促成
例句：Smoking is a major factor contribute to cancer.
吸烟是致癌的一个重要因素。