VOA慢速英语:Political Data Miners Really Get to Know You

短语讲解：

1. He works with millions of pieces of information. He looks for details about people -- what neighborhood they live in, what they buy, what they like to do on their weekends.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

2. One art that we've sort of been working on perfecting over the years is telling a story with information."

work on继续工作；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。

3. Charles jotted down every bit of information he could find about a correspondent: party affiliation, job, religion, even income.

jot down草草记下；匆匆记下
例句：I jotted down a note for him.
我草草写了一张便条给他。

4. He updated the file constantly for the next thirty years and used it to send out regular mailings to the Bryan network.

send out发送; 发出
例句：They sent out invitations to many people.
他们向许多人发了请帖。

5. Data mining sounded like fun, so we decided to try it ourselves.

sound like听起来像
例句：What he said sounded like a fairy tale.
他说的听上去简直像一篇神话。

6. Based on this information, what would a political data miner think?

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：We must base ourselves on the interests of the people.
我们一定要从人民的利益出发。

7. Why would a candidate for local dog catcher want to waste time and money reaching out to cat owners?

reach out (使)伸出
例句：The monkey reached out a hand through the bars and took the banana.
猴子从栏杆里伸出手拿走了香蕉。

8. Andrew Dreschler says instead of focusing on one person or one data point, data miners look for patterns across large groups.

focus on致力于
例句：All eyes were focused on him when he came in.
他进来时大家都注视着他。

9. Our offices are no-thrills offices, but this is just a -- we do have a couple maps and campaigns that we’re particularly proud of.

be proud of因…而自豪
例句：He was proud of having such a good friend.
他为有这样的好朋友而自豪。

10. He turned out more than the traditional Democratic caucus-going base in the state of Iowa.

turn out出席（某项活动）；在场; 结果是, 原来是
例句：The party turned out to be very successful.
晚会结果开得很成功。

11. I would take that argument and turn it around.

turn around(使)转身, (使)转换方向; 使变得完全不同, 曲解; 改变意见
例句：He seems to have quite turned around.
他似乎完全改变了意见。