VOA慢速英语:Roof-Top Beehives Sweeten DC Hotel Offerings

短语讲解：

1. Matthew starts by lying on the board.

lie on压在〔位于〕…之上
例句：A note of quit lay on the desk of the manager.
经理的桌子上放着一张辞职的条子。

2. I wiped out a couple of times, but as I always say, if you don’t fall once in while you’re not having enough fun.

wipe out (冲浪时)被(浪)打翻，(从冲浪板上)翻跌；(滑雪中)跌倒
例句：I like surfing, but I wiped out twice yesterday.
我喜欢冲浪运动，可昨天我翻到水里两次。

3. It took me to lose my leg to get me to realize how precious life is and get off the couch and start living.

get off下(车、马等)
例句：This is where I get off the bus.
这就是我下车的地方。

4. I had polio in nineteen fifty-five, when I was two years old, the year the vaccine came out, actually.

come out出现
例句：A new model will come out this summer.
今年夏天将有新的型号问世。

5. Most people with disabilities their whole life, everybody focuses on their disability.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意
例句：Today we're going to focus on the question of homeless people.
今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

6. Take the most advantage of it as you can.

take advantage of利用
例句：He took advantage of the good weather to go for a walk.
他趁着天气好,出去散散步。

7. As each comb is filled with honey, the bees seal it with wax.

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。

8. Ian Bens says other hotels across the country and the world have also turned to beekeeping as a way to get fresh honey.

turn to (把注意力等)转向
例句：We are all turning our thoughts to the matter.
我们大家都开始转而考虑这个问题。

9. When I started the comics off, he was who I had been a couple of years earlier.

start off出发;开始
例句：At night I started off upon my journey.
当晚, 我又踏上了征程。

10. Part of the reason, I think, that we’ve become successful is that we put a lot of our personality directly into the strip.

put into使处于某种状态
例句：The plan began to be put into operation.
这计划已经开始实施。