VOA慢速英语:New Music from Beyonce and an Exhibit on “Perfect Girls”

短语讲解：

1. She worried that all those opportunities came with more pressure to be perfect, and to never make a mistake.

make a mistake犯错误
例句：Regardless of how often I correct him, he always makes the same mistake.
不管我怎样经常告诫他, 他总是犯同样的错误。

2. Judy Byron decided to compare the lives of girls now with her life in the nineteen fifties and sixties.

compare with (把…)与…相比
例句：How does your new house compare with your old one?
你的新房子和你的旧房子比起来怎样?

3. The recorded part of the “Perfect Girls” exhibit begins with the voice of that seventeen year old girl.

begin with以…开始, 从…开始
例句：The teacher began his class with a question.
老师以一个问题开始他的讲课。

4. Judy Byron says that when she was a girl, she was expected to clean house, complete high school, work as an assistant and marry the supervisor.

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。

5. One of the ingredients of my work is bringing people together on a common ground and in a place and then it’s like the idea that art can be around beauty and meaning.

bring together使相识; 使坐在一起; 使会面
例句：The opposing forces on the island have been brought together for peace talks.
岛上的敌对势力已经坐下来进行和平磋商。

6. Judy Byron asked other women her age to tell their memories of growing up fifty years ago. Here is part of that discussion.

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。

7. The event will raise money for a group that works with young girls.

raise money筹钱
例句：Several alumni have agreed to help raise money.
几位校友已同意帮助筹资。
work with与…在一起干
I find it so refreshing to work with young people in this department.
我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。

8. This question is linked to a British poem with guidance for what a woman should wear on her wedding day to have good luck.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

9. The Oxford Dictionary of Superstitions says the poem dates back to the nineteenth century.

date back to追溯到…; 从…开始
例句：The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages.
这个城镇的历史可回溯到中世纪。

10. Many women may choose to wear a piece of jewelry that belonged to a mother or grandmother.

belong to属于
例句：Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。

11. Wearing something borrowed is said to serve as a reminder that the bride can depend on the support of her family and friends.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用。
depend on依赖, 依靠
例句：You may depend on their support.
你可依靠他们的支持。

12. While Beyonce was enjoying this time away from work, she began to think about ideas for a new album.

think about考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。

13. She said the record became a labor of love. And, she says “4” is bolder than her past music because she is less concerned about failing.

be concerned about关心,挂念
例句：She is concerned about your safety.
她不放心你的安全。