VOA慢速英语:Kids, Before the Age of TV There Was a Funny Thing Called Radio

短语讲解：

1. What I want to find out.

find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句：We must find out the truth of the matter.
我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。

2. Abbott plays a manager of a baseball team. Costello has trouble understanding that the players have funny nicknames, like Who.

have trouble在…有困难
例句：I have trouble using chopsticks correctly.
我很难正确地使用筷子。

3. He began as a juggler, someone who can keep several objects in the air at the same time.

in the air在传播中; 流行; 可感觉到的
例句：Baseball is beginning to be in the air in China.
棒球运动开始在中国风行起来。

4. Finally they see the agent, Mickey Rockford, and appeal to him for a break -- a chance to become stars.

appeal to向…呼吁; 向…请求;恳求
例句：He earnestly appealed to his friends for support.
他恳切地向朋友请求支持。

5. By the time we came out, we looked like the last two passengers on Noah's Ark

by the time到…时候为止
例句：He had left by the time we reached home.
当我们到家的时候他已经走了。
come out出来
例句：Come out and get some fresh air.
出来吸点新鲜空气。
look like很可能出现〔引起〕(某事、做某事);看起来与(某人或某物)相像
例句：The party looks like being a success after all.
无论怎么说这次聚会看起来是成功的。

6. Women's bathing suits out of glass? Well, that is worth looking into.

look into在...里查资料;深入地检查,研究;调查
例句：The government will look into how to reduce unemployment.
政府将研究如何降低失业率。

7. His success in radio led to a long-term relationship with Paramount Pictures, a major film company.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

8. Yeah, he'd been in action so long, every morning before the chickens started laying eggs he called them into the chicken coop and briefed them.

in action在运转, 在操作
例句：Is your machine still in action?
你的机器还在运转吗?

9. They are so used to getting stuff from the supply sergeant that the clerk had to throw the suits on the floor before these guys would try them on.

try on试穿
例句：I'd like to try on that blue wool coat.
我想试穿那件蓝色的毛外衣。