VOA慢速英语:Exploring the Art of Rhetoric

短语讲解：

1. This week on our program, we learn about the art of rhetoric and tell you about a website that brings American rhetoric to life.

bring to life使复活，使苏醒
例句：His novels bring to life the Victorian age.
他的小说把维多利亚时代的生活写活了。

2. The Greek philosopher Aristotle described rhetoric as "the ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion."

describe as描述为
例句：I hesitate to describe him as really clever.
我不愿说他真的聪明。

3. Attending to one or to multiple mediums does tend to produce different perspectives and encourage different judgments on any given speech or speaker.

tend to有...的倾向
例句：Modern furniture design tends to simplicity.
现代家具设计越来越简单。

4. There are many rhetorical methods and devices that can add to good speech.

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

5. "Remember, ladies and gentlemen, it’s an old phrase, basically anonymous -- that politicians are a lot like diapers: They should be changed frequently and for the same reason. Keep that in mind next time you vote. Good night.”

keep in mind记住
例句：I'll keep your advice in mind.
我要把你的劝告记在心里。

6. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

transform into把…转变成…
例句：The magician transformed the man into a rabbit.
魔术师把那个人变成了兔子。

7. It took place at the Lincoln Memorial on August twenty-eighth, nineteen sixty-three, during a huge march on Washington.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

8. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

judge by根据〔由〕…作出判断
例句：A man should be judged by his deeds, not his words.
判断一个人应根据他的行为, 而不是他的言词。

9. She spoke in honor of its adoption at a UN meeting in Paris on December ninth, nineteen forty-eight.

in honor of为了向…表示敬意
例句：A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.
宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

10. I have spoken to the vice president, to the governor of New York, to the director of the FBI, and have ordered that the full resources of the federal government go to help the victims and their families, and -- and to conduct a full-scale investigation to hunt down and to find those folks who committed this act.

hunt down搜索直至找到(某物)
例句：The police have hunted down the escaped prisoner.
警方已经追捕到了那个逃犯。