VOA慢速英语:Shipwreck Off North Carolina Offers Clues About Blackbeard the Pirate

短语讲解：

1. Three hundred years ago, Beaufort was the home of Edward Thatch, who also made his living on the water.

make one's living on 靠…维持生活
例句：It is difficult for him to make his living on a meager salary.
靠那样微薄的一份工资他难以维持生活。

2. One of the first items that came up from the site back in nineteen ninety-six, when it was first discovered, was a bell.

come up发生；出现
例句：I shall write to you if anything comes up.
如果发生了什么事情我将写信告诉你。

3. Most of what these guys were grabbing was food, alcoholic beverages, spare cannons, sails, anchors -- anything that they needed to get by on a day to day basis.

get by设法; 继续存在
例句：She never works but somehow she gets by.
她从不工作, 但总能凑合着过下去。

4. Very small, tiny bits of gold that would have been picked up in streams in West Africa, and panned, and collected.

pick up掘, 挖
例句：The man was picking up the ground very hard.
那个人正在使劲地挖地。

5. The objects are usually covered with sand and seashells that are hard to remove without causing damage.

be covered with盖着,覆着
例句：The garden is covered with weeds.
院子杂草丛生。

6. He also says real pirates like Blackbeard were different from what we see in the movies.

be different from与…不同
例句：Their tastes are different from mine.
他们的爱好与我的不同。

7. When they robbed other ships, they asked their new prisoners to join their crew. And they did not usually find boxes filled with gold coins. But other things made of metal, like a device used to measure land, were worth taking.

fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：His eyes filled with tears as he looked lovingly at her.
他深情地望着她, 眼里充满了泪水。
be made of由…组成、由…构成
例句：The bag is made of leather.
这包是用皮革做的。

8. It took many sword wounds and gun shots before Blackbeard fell. Soldiers then cut off his head and put it on the front of a ship as a warning to others that pirates would be punished.

cut off剪〔切, 砍〕下
例句：The rebels cut off the heads of their captives.
叛乱者砍掉了俘虏的脑袋。

9. The central nervous system of a patient with fibromyalgia is more sensitive to extreme “pain transmission” than the nervous system of a healthy person.

be sensitive to对…敏感
例句：Donna is sensitive to strong smells.
唐娜对强烈的气味很敏感。

10. He has written many reports about the disease and has produced videos to help those who suffer from it.

suffer from患(某种病); 受(某种病痛)折磨
例句：You must have suffered from a cold.
你一定是感冒了。

11. There are currently no blood tests or medical imaging tests to help doctors with their diagnosis.

help with帮助(某人)做…
例句：She helped me with the translation.
她帮我翻译。

12. And we need to go through all their meds, all their organ systems, their exercise, how they’re functioning.

go through检查, 审查, 搜查
例句：They went through our luggage at the customs.
海关人员仔细检查了我们的行李。