VOA慢速英语:Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest

短语讲解：

1. She made sure that Georgia and her sisters studied art, in addition to their usual school subjects.

in addition to .除…之外，还……
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外，他还得学日语。

2. Chase had a great influence on O'Keeffe's early artistic development.

have an influence on对…有影响
例句：Smoking has a great influence on our health.
抽烟对我们的健康有很大的影响。

3. She described him as fresh, full of energy and fierce. 

describe as描述为
例句：His employer had described him as lacking in initiative and drive.
雇主说他缺乏进取心和干劲。
full of充满
The hall was full of people.
大厅里挤满了人。

4. Georgia O'Keeffe began to search for her own style.

search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。

5. In her book about her life, she wrote that she decided to limit herself to charcoal until she found she really needed color to do what she needed to do. 

limit to (把…)限制在…, 局限于…
例句：His food was limited to bread and water.
他的食物只限于面包和水。

6. A small area of blue sky in the distance lends additional depth to the picture.

in the distance 在远处,在很远的那边
例句：The train hooted in the distance .
火车在很远的地方拉响汽笛。

7. She also spoke of a special need to paint her subjects larger than they are in life.

speak of谈到, 讲到
例句：They spoke of the old days on the campus.
他们谈起昔日的校园生活。

8. She said that people linked their own experience of a flower to her paintings.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

9. She stopped working with oil paints, but continued to produce watercolor paintings.

work with从事…工作
例句：He has always liked working with machinery.
他总是喜欢搞机械。