VOA慢速英语:A TV Quiz Show for Teens Turns 50

短语讲解：

1. Identify the following, number one: the 'Long Gray Line' refers to cadets at this US military academy.

refer to提到
例句：Don't refer to this matter again, please.
请别再提这件事。

2. It's a great age group to work with.

work with与…在一起干
例句：I find it so refreshing to work with young people in this department.
我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。

3. At that time -- nineteen sixty-one -- the United States was going through a lot of upheaval with school integration, and they wanted things to help out to make the schools look good and to show that integration could work and work well. So this is what she came up with.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。
help out帮助, 帮助…出来
例句：Don't count on other people to help you out of trouble.
别指望他人能帮你摆脱困境。
come up with想出, 提出
例句：I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.
我希望你们能提出一个比这个更好的计划。

4. Every time I look up, I see people who are just seventeen years old, and somehow I think, well, I must not be growing older at all.
look up向上看; 拜访(某人); 查找
例句：When all the facts have been looked up, pass them on to me.
查对了所有的事实之后, 把它们传给我。

5. Their enthusiasm is contagious, no question about it. You really have to rev yourself up to keep up with them.

rev up刺激；激发；；加速, 加快
例句：The proportion of students entering universities and colleges is revving up in recent years.
近几年来考入大专院校的升学率正在不断提高。
keep up with跟上, 不落人之后
例句：You're walking too fast. I can't keep up with you.
你走得太快了, 我跟不上。

6. Me and all the other people on the team, we’ve put in a lot of effort over the years and a lot of time to be where we are. It’s a really huge honor to end up on the A Team.

put in在…上花费
例句：I've put a lot of work in improving my English.
我下了很大的工夫进修英文。
end up(以…)结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句：They all ended up puzzled.
最终他们都感到迷惑不解。