VOA慢速英语:Henry Loomis, 1919-2008: Director of VOA Had the Idea to Create Special English

短语讲解：

1. He served as director of the voice of America for seven years starting in nineteen fifty-eight. Mister Loomis played an important role in creating the Special English service.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。
play an important role起重要作用
例句：Dietary lipids play an important role in nutrition.
食用油脂在营养上有重要作用。

2. He later withdrew from the world of business in order to spend more time working as a scientist.

in order to为了…
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

3. Henry Loomis and his brothers Lee and Farney grew up spending time in the private laboratory their father built.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。
spend in在…上花费
例句：A week may be spent in seeing the interesting sights of the city.
可以花一周的时间游览该城的名胜。

4. Henry Loomis even took part in his father’s experiments on measuring brain activity.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

5. Henry slept in a sound-proof room with electrode devices attached to his head.

attach to (使)贴〔系, 粘〕在…上
例句：The written directions are attached to the tool.
这个工具附有使用说明书。

6. In nineteen forty, Henry Loomis dropped out of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts to join the United States Navy.

drop out离开, 退出
例句：He says he has dropped out, and won't attend college any more.
他说他退了学, 以后也不会去上大学了。

7. He was able to put to good use his knowledge of radar technology that he had learned about because of his father’s work.

put to use使用,利用
例句：His experience is being put to good use there.
他的经验现在正在那里很好加以利用。

8. He believed that it was important to make English easier to understand by listeners of VOA broadcasts whose native language was not English.

native language母语
例句：Her native language is Black American English.
她的本国语是黑人美国英语。

9. He expanded VOA’s broadcasting ability by setting up transmitter devices in countries including Liberia and the Philippines.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

10. Henry Loomis compared the VOA charter to the United States Constitution. He said he believed the charter represented the realities of the world and the moral code of the country.

compare to把…比作, 喻为; 与…相比
例句：Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.
莎士比亚把世界比作舞台。
moral code道德准则, 道德规范

11. But he said that to recognize forces and opinions that disagree with government policies is a sign of strength. At the end of his speech, Mister Loomis said goodbye to VOA workers.

disagree with不同意,不一致,不适合
例句：I entirely disagree with him.
我根本不同意他的看法。
at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：At the end of his speech, the crowd caught alight and began cheering wildly.
讲在他演讲快结束的时候, 人群情绪激昂, 狂热欢呼。

12. It has been a privilege to have served with you, to have learned from you, to have had fun with you.

have fun玩得高兴, 过得快活
例句：We have a lot of fun in the park.
我们在公园里玩得很快活。