VOA慢速英语:Critics' Picks for Best Books and Movies of the Year

短语讲解：

1. A few books showed up on list after list of the best fiction from this year. 

show up到场, 出席,如约赶到,出现,露面
例句：He promised to come on Tuesday but he never showed up.
他答应星期二来, 可是一直未露面。

2. Publishers Weekly described the novel as one “readers will hate to see end.”

describe as描述为
例句：I should describe the attempt as a failure.
我认为这次尝试失败了。

3. It also is a story of love, loss, friendship and growing up.

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。

4. And if you are a young man growing up in a place like that you most likely devote an enormous amount of your time and attention to playing sports.

devote to把…专用于, 完全用于(某事或做某事)
例句：He has been devoting his whole life to benefiting mankind.
他把自己的一生贡献给了造福人类的事业。

5. Jeffrey Eugenides told a reporter that his past was linked to Mitchell’s character.

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。

6. Movie critics seem to differ in their choices of best movies this year more than in years past.

differ in在(某方面)不同
例句：These bags differ in size, but not in shape.
这些手提包只是大小不同, 并无形状之异。

7. Pitt also starred in “Moneyball,” a widely praised movie based on a book by Michael Lewis. “Moneyball” tells the story of Billy Beane, the former manager of the Oakland A’s baseball team.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

8. It combines the romance of baseball with the hard reality of the sport as business. And, as Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine points out, “Moneyball” is about more than baseball. He says it’s about “how we play the fame of our lives, and the excuses we make in the name of winning.

combine with与…结合
例句：If he can combine his ability with hard work, he should be very successful.
如果他能把自己的才能和勤奋结合起来, 必定会很有成就。
point out指出
例句：He pointed out that there was little chance of success.
他指出很少有成功的机会。
in the name of以…的名义,凭
例句：I greet you in the name of the President
我代表总统前来迎接您。

9. Then one day it occurred to me that the protagonist would be walking along the street, a car would pull up and there’d be some exciting people and they would take him on an adventure.

occur to…发生在; 被想起〔到〕
例句：It never occurred to me that I had seen her before somewhere.
我想不起来以前我在哪儿见过她。
pull up (使)停下(住)，停车，停止
例句：The car pulled up outside the inn.
轿车在旅馆外面停了下来。

10. The Canadian recording artist Drake put out his second album last month.

put out出版; 发行; 发布
例句：This magazine is put out every Friday.
这份杂志每星期五出版。