VOA慢速英语:Aaron Copland, 1900-1990: He Taught Americans About Themselves Through Music

短语讲解：

1. She was one of the most important music teachers of the time. He returned to New York in nineteen twenty-four.

return to返回到…
例句：News of the astronauts' safe return to earth was delayed.
宇航员安全返回地球的消息被推迟。

2. The famous conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, learned about Copland's music.

learn about获得, 学得
例句：I like reading historical stories because I can learn about the lives that people led long ago.
我喜欢看历史故事, 因为这样可以知道过去人们的生活。

3. He wrote that a whole new public for music had developed as a result of the popularity of the radio and record player.

as a result of由于…的结果
例句：He was injured as a result of boiler explosion.
他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。

4. He said that there was no reason to continue writing music as if these devices did not exist.

as if好像, 似乎, 仿佛
例句：Why doesn't she buy me a drink? It isn't as if she had no money!
她为什么不给我买一点饮料?好像她没钱似的!

5. The last part of the ballet is based on a traditional song, "A Gift to be Simple."

base on使建立在…基础上
例句：One should always base one's opinion on facts.
我们应总是把自己的观点建立在事实的基础上。

6. Then, he began experimenting with what is called a twelve-tone system of composing.

experiment with以…做试验
例句：They experimented with a new material.
他们用新材料来做试验。

7. His music no longer was as easy to understand, or as popular.

no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.
他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。

8. Copland stopped composing at the end of the nineteen sixties.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：At the end of his speech, the crowd caught alight and began cheering wildly.
讲在他演讲快结束的时候, 人群情绪激昂, 狂热欢呼。

9. Copland was a strong supporter of liberal ideas. In the early nineteen- fifties, he and other famous writers, actors and intellectuals were accused of supporting communism. Public opinion changed, though.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。

10. But his music lives on.

live on继续活着; 继续存在
例句：The composer's works will always live on.
这位作曲家的作品将永远留在人间。