VOA慢速英语:'J. Edgar': Eastwood, DiCaprio Aim to Capture Life of First FBI Director

短语讲解：

1. Hoover was a complex and powerful man. He helped develop the FBI into an efficient and effective crime solving agency.

develop into (使)发展成, 变成…
例句：The city has developed into a center of industry.
这座城市已经发展成为一个工业中心。

2. Hoover also targeted Communists and those he suspected of Communism.

suspect of怀疑
例句：The police suspect him of having taken the money.
警察怀疑钱是他偷的。

3. The team sometimes used illegal methods to carry out their work. He also spied on major American officials, even the presidents he served.

carry out贯彻，执行；实现
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。
spy on侦查,暗中监视
例句：They can spy on me through a window.
他们通过一扇窗户可以监视我。

4. He never married. There are reports he was a homosexual and involved with deputy FBI director Clyde Tolson.

involve with与(某人)有密切关系
例句：I don't want my son to be involved with criminals.
我不想让我的儿子同罪犯来往。

5. J. Edgar Hoover died of a heart attack in nineteen seventy-two. He was seventy-seven. The headquarters building of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is named for him.

die of死于
例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
死于癌症的人越来越多了。
name for以…的名字起名
例句：The college is named for George Washington.
学院以乔治．华盛顿的名字命名。

6. DiCaprio had to spend hours in the make-up chair each day to look the part.

look the part看上去像模像样，看起来样子像那种人
例句：He looks his age. She dressed up to look the part.
他看起来与他的年龄相符。他化了妆以便看起来合乎身份。

7. You pulled away from me in there.

pull away拉去，拉掉，拉开
例句：The mother pulled the child away from the fire just in time.
母亲正好及时把孩子从火旁拉开。

8. He says American whiskey is made in America, which explains where the name came from.

come from来自，源出；产自
例句：This word comes from Latin.
这个词源于拉丁语。

9. Local officials ordered the arrest of the leaders of the rebellion, but this just added to the violence.

add to增加, 加强
例句：The snowstorm added to our difficulties.
暴风雪增加了我们的困难。

10. he North Carolina native says he grew up listening to and loving the artists who performed that kind of music including, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。