VOA慢速英语:A New Book on Stealing Rembrandts and Other Artworks

短语讲解：

1. Mr. Amore teamed up with Mr. Mashberg to write a book about the subject.

team up (使)结成一队,合作,协作
例句：They teamed up in carrying out an experiment in chemistry.
他们合作进行一项化学试验。

2. These guys were involved in all kinds of theft.

be involved in卷入，陷入
例句：He is involved in the case.
他同这桩案子有干系。

3. He left behind at least a thousand works in the United States, Europe, Canada, and other parts of the world.

leave behind遗留
例句：The old man left behind him a debt of 10 000 dollars.
老人死后留下了10 000美元的债务。

4. You don’t want art to be behind Plexiglass and you don’t want to hear alarms go off every time you get within a couple of feet of a famous painting.

go off响起
例句：The alarm went off.
警铃骤然响起。

5. Art theft takes place more often than one might imagine.

takes place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

6. We have several cases in the book where the thieves just gave up and left the paintings off in a public place, like a train station or a park and then called police and said why don’t you just go pick it up.

give up放弃
例句：She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。
pick up拾起, 捡起; 抬起
例句：I picked up your book by mistake.
我拿错了你的书。

7. Mr. Lee spent three weeks setting up his artworks at the Guggenheim Museum.

set up准备; 安排
例句：All the arrangements have been set up for the newspapermen to meet the Queen.
新闻记者谒见女王的所有安排已经就绪。

8. This was art that paid attention to time and space and how an observer experiences the artworks.

pay attention to注意，关心
例句：No attention was paid to his advice.
他的建议没有引起注意。

9. Scientists in the United States are working on a technology that uses human energy to power devices like cell phones, laptop computers, and GPS systems.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

10. It has two small containers filled with thousands of very small drops of liquid. These droplets get pushed back and forth as a person walks.

fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The sky filled with stars.
满天星斗。
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。