VOA慢速英语:“The Art of Fielding” is a Novel About Baseball and Much More

短语讲解：

1. It is also a story about love, loss, friendship, family and growing up.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：The boys grew up.
孩子们长大了。

2. His financial sacrifice and years of hard work paid off.

pay off使得益; 有报偿
例句：John studied hard before the examination, and it paid off. He made an A.
约翰在考试前努力学习, 这没有白费, 他得了个A。

3. “The Art of Fielding” takes place at a small college in Wisconsin, the state where the writer grew up.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

4. Henry becomes filled with self doubt and starts to make serious mistakes during games.

fill with使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The sight of him filled her with happiness.
一见到他, 她心里就充满了幸福。

5. College president Guert Affenlight falls in love with another student on the baseball team.

fall in love with爱上
例句：He has fallen in love with Mary.
他已爱上了玛丽。

6. And they become very involved in Henry’s growing crisis

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：Don't involve yourself in unnecessary dispute.
不要把自己卷入无谓的争论中。

7. Mr. Harbach grew up in a culture of sports, so the realities of being on a team were familiar to him.

be familiar to为…所熟悉
例句：The word is not familiar to me.
我不认识那个词。

8. It told the powerful story of a German businessman who worked to save Jews from Nazi Germany.

save from从…中救出, 使免受
例句：The firemen saved the old people from the fire.
消防队员从火中救出了那些老人。

9. Steven Spielberg told a reporter that this experience led him to produce the film “Super Eight,” which came out in June.

come out出版; 发表
例句：That year they came out with another article.
那一年他们又发表了一篇文章。

10. Country music star Miranda Lambert would seem to be busy enough with her career.

be busy with忙于
例句：She's busy with some important work.
她正忙于一些重要工作。