VOA慢速英语:“Ghost on the Canvas” Final Album for Country Star Glen Campbell

短语讲解：

1. You may never have heard about Glen Campbell.

hear about得悉, 听说
例句：Weeks passed, and we still heard nothing about them.
好几个星期过去了, 我们还没听到他们的消息。

2. And my dad said ‘Son if you think you can do it, you can do it, but you gotta’ work at it.’ [Laughter] And I said ‘OK.’

work at从事于…, 致力于…
例句：Is Tom still working at the new book that he promised?
汤姆仍在埋头撰写他曾允诺的那本新书吗?

3. Now, at the age of seventy-five, Glen Campbell’s career is coming to an end.

at the age of在…岁时
例句：He became a doctor at the age of 27.
他27岁时成了一名医生。
come to an end结束,终止
例句：All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。

4. Not because of his age, but because Alzheimer’s disease is slowly robbing him of his memory.

rob of抢夺(某人)…
例句：You have robbed me of my happiness.
你剥夺了我的幸福。

5. Security guards let us into his dressing room and, before you know it, I was looking up at the famous singer.

look up向上看; 抬头看
例句：When he looked up, he saw the boss.
他抬起头时看到了老板。

6. He looked at it, pointed to himself in the picture and asked me who that good-looking gentleman was.

look at看, 注视(某人或某物)
例句：The pupils are all looking at the chart on the wall.
学生都瞧着墙上的挂图。
point to显示…的位置〔方向〕
例句：The hands of the clock pointed to half past eight. It was time we put our children to bed.
钟的指针指在八点半上, 我们该让孩子们上床睡觉了。

7. During his show, he uses an electronic device that shows him the words he once knew by heart.

by heart 凭记性
例句：The boy learned the poem by heart.
这男孩背下了这首诗。

8. Campbell will continue performing for as long as his health will let him.

as long as只要, 如果
例句：I'll stay in Mexico as long as my money holds on.
只要我的钱还能维持一天, 我就在墨西哥待一天。

9. He is set to perform in concerts through the end of the year throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom.

set to开始努力干
例句：He set to with a will and soon finished it.
他下定决心做这件事, 很快就完成了。