VOA慢速英语:How Root Beer Changed the Business World

短语讲解：

1. Yet root beer played a part in shaping the modern food and beverage industry.

root beer根汁汽水（用姜和其他植物的根制成，不含酒精，盛行于美国）
play a part in与…有关,对…有影响
例句：The books you read as a child can play a part in the job you have later in life.
你在童年时读过的书，对终生的职业选择产生一定的影响。

2. Different versions can be made from at least thirty choices of ingredients.

be made from由…所做成的(用于原材料不易看出的场合)
例句：Paper is made from wood.
纸是由木材制造的。
at least至少
例句：He smoked at least half a packet of cigarettes a day.
他每天至少抽半包烟。

3. This is thanks in large part to one man.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning.
幸亏你, 我才没有淹死。
in part在某种程度上, 部分地
例句：Tom was only in small part responsible.
汤姆只有一小部分责任。

4. At some point, Charles Hires renamed it root beer, perhaps to appeal more to beer-drinking men.

appeal to对…有吸引力
例句：This job rather appeals to me.
这工作对我有吸引力。

5. No matter where you go, you're going to find a root beer, and especially for us, wherever we go we look for root beer, and we're always amazed.

no matter不管, 不论
例句：No matter what you say, I like to listen.
不管你说什么, 我都喜欢听。
look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

6. I mean, just yesterday I unintentionally discovered another root beer that we had never heard of.

hear of得悉, 听说
例句：I heard of his death last week.
我上周听说他死了。

7. My grandfather -- it wasn't uncommon for him and I to sit back and enjoy an A&W root beer or a Barq's root beer.

sit back向后靠着坐; 袖手旁观
例句：I saw him sitting back in the armchair, drinking his beer.
我看见他背靠扶手椅而坐, 喝着啤酒。

8. It's so simple. With a two-liter bottle you add sugar, you add extract, you add a small amount of yeast and water, cap it up and in two days they've got root beer.

a small amount of少量的
例句：This mine only contains a small amount of coal.
这个矿仅蕴藏少量的煤。

9. You would go in and a waitress would come to your car and take your order and she would bring out a frosted, heavy-glass mug which would be filled with root beer.

bring out把…从室内搬出来, 带出来
例句：It's warm enough to bring out the garden chairs.
天气很暖和, 可以把花园用的椅子搬出来了。
be filled with充满着
例句：The hall was filled with persons welcoming him.
大厅里挤满了欢迎他的人。

10. I really attribute it a lot to the honey.

attribute to把某事归因于某人〔某事〕
例句：I attribute our success to him.
我把我们的成功归功于他。