VOA慢速英语:Exploring the Art of Glass Through History and Around the World

短语讲解：

1. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, you can see a large heart-shaped sculpture made of blown glass.

made of由……制成
例句：Most furniture is made of wood.
大部分家具是木制的。

2. Ancient cultures broke off pieces of obsidian to make knives and weapons such as arrows.

break off (使)分离; (使)脱离
例句：The wing of the plane broke off in midair and the plane crashed.
机翼在空中脱落, 致使飞机坠毁。

3. The chemical quality of glass is what makes up its color.

make up组成, 构成
例句：The audience was made up of very young children.
观众由小孩子们组成。

4. The clay inside is carefully cut out to form a glass container.

cut out剪下, 切去
例句：He cut out the picture from the newspaper.
他从报上剪下这张图片。

5. The glassblower must turn the pipe constantly so that the thick liquid glass does not fall off the end.

fall off下降，跌落，减少
例句：The number of passengers by this line fell off slightly in January.
一月份这条航线的乘客数量略有减少。

6. Or, he or she can place the hot glass on a metal table called a marver to shape the form by rolling it back and forth.

back and forth来回地
例句：The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.
风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。

7. Here he tells about his “Sacred Heart of Healing” sculpture that we talked about earlier

talk about讨论; 谈论
例句：We talked about what to do.
我们讨论该怎么办。

8. In the Smithsonian, there is a blown glass heart with a flame coming out of the top.

come out of由…产生,从…出来
例句：He was once seen to come out of the place.
有一次有人瞅见他从这里走出来。

9. The first heart I made was when my mother was extremely ill and after she passed away I made the heart larger. 

pass away去世
例句：He passed away peacefully.
他安详地去世了。

10. I just got good at it, because I knew I had to hurry because I was supposed to die.

be supposed to应该,被期望
例句：Hobbies are supposed to be relaxing.
业余爱好应该是令人放松的。

11. The surface of the container is covered with writing that has been cut into the glass.

be covered with盖着,覆着
例句：The field is covered with snow.
田野一片积雪。