VOA慢速英语:A Cool Place That Welcomes Geeks? Try the Public Library

短语讲解：

1. Schools can pay Four Winds to provide training for adults who want to share their interest in nature with children. Lisa Purcell says the programs might include, for example, a puppet show.

provide for供给，为…提供
例句：The local government provided special buses for the guests.
地方政府为宾客提供了专车。
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。
puppet show木偶戏

2. Kelli Bates, a teacher in Chittenden, Vermont, says the programs are popular with students.

be popular with 受…欢迎
例句：This dance is popular with young people.
这种舞很受青年人喜爱。

3. She explains that owls eat things whole, then spit up pellets filled with whatever they could not digest.

spit up咯出…
例句：You'd better call the doctor; the child had been spitting up blood all morning.
你最好请医生来, 这孩子整整一上午都在咯血。
fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The hall was filled with persons welcoming him.
大厅里挤满了欢迎他的人。

4. They don't smell bad or anything. We’re going to very carefully pull these apart, OK?

pull apart拆开, 拉开
例句：These pieces of ice don't pull apart easily.
这些冰块不易分开。

5. And they can find electronic resources to help with things like homework or finding a job.

help with 帮助(某人)做…
例句：He's helping with odd jobs.
他在帮着干杂活。

6. The eyes light up and click. It happens -- 'I didn't know you had this.

light up照亮, 亮起来
例句：The candles on the Christmas tree lit up the room.
圣诞树上的蜡烛照亮了房间。

7. The Online Computer Library Center set out to change that with six million dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

set out着手, 开始
例句：The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。

8. Charley Wickham was part of the team that looked for a way to change the image of libraries.

look for寻找(某人或某物)
例句：Some birds are looking for food.
有些鸟在寻找食物。

9. It’s always exciting when someone takes a word like geek and turns it into a verb.

turn into (使)变成
例句：Joan is turning into quite a skilled musician.
琼正在变成一个技艺精湛的音乐家。

10. I was going to help people that might otherwise not be able to experience this music and maybe I could learn something from them, too.

learn from向…学习; 从…获得〔吸取〕
例句：A man who does not learn from others can't hope to achieve much.
一个不向别人学习的人不能指望有多大成就。

11. In May, he looked back at the school year that was coming to a close.

come to a close结束，终止
例句：The summer vocation has come to a close.
暑假结束了。

12. Well, the novelty of me coming here has worn off a little bit.

wear off逐渐减弱, 逐渐消失
例句：The effects of the drug began to wear off.
药效开始减弱了。

13. He and Zelman Bokser, the school's violin teacher, were helping students prepare for the famous Carnegie Hall.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
眼下他们正在为参加奥运会作准备。

14. It was definitely, hands down, the hardest part of the program.

hand down遗留; 流传, 传下
例句：Our fathers handed down these customs to us.
我们的父辈把这些习俗传给了我们。