VOA慢速英语:A Soccer Ball That Gives You Energy -- Really

短语讲解：

1. When you play with the ball, there is all this energy being transferred to the ball -- even any normal soccer ball.

play with同…一起玩
例句：The kid was playing with his ball.
孩子在玩皮球。

2. Basically, what we're trying to do is instead of letting that energy dissipate into the environment or just be lost, we're harnessing it inside using these mechanisms, this technology that essentially tries to capture everything with the movement.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。

3. The International Energy Association reported last year that nearly one and a half billion people did not have access to electricity.

have access to接近，使用
例句：Students must have access to good books.
学生应该读得到好书。

4. And so we knew that just a little bit of light would make a huge difference.

make a difference有影响，有关系
例句：You can make a difference. 
你会发挥影响力。

5. It offers people a chance to put their energy into the world's most popular sport and get some energy in return.

put into使进入;把...放进
例句：The bill was put into effect last month.
那法规于上个月生效。
in return作为报答
例句：She presented me a dictionary in return. 
她送给我一本词典作为答谢。