VOA慢速英语:Remembering Don Cornelius and his ‘Soul Train’

keep up with跟上, 不落人之后
例句：We have to work hard to keep up with these excellent students.
为了跟上那些优秀学生, 我们得努力学习了。

2. We then turned to a forty year old man from Iran.

turn to (把注意力等)转向
例句：More and more people turn to computer science.
愈来愈多的人从事计算机科学研究。

3. He asks for advice on how to build effective relationships at work so that he can move up.

move up (使)升级, 提升
例句：Dr. Smith was moved up from an associate to a full professorship.
史密斯博士由副教授晋升为正教授。

4. What these projects are that they’re working on.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

5. Show your worth and why you’re needed, and why you’re a necessity, in this company by coming up with new concepts and then showing them.

come up with想出, 提出
例句：I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.
我希望你们能提出一个比这个更好的计划。

6. He asked how to deal with friends who ask for loans.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.
可得当心, 她很难对付。

7. It was the show people tuned in to every week for the hottest new music, the best new dance moves and the latest look in hair and clothing.

tune in调整频率(至…), 调整(收音机、电视)
例句：I tune in to the film channel every night.
我每晚都收看电影频道。

8. “Soul Train was like having a party at your house every Saturday. Something that our black youth had to look forward to, something they could identify with.

look forward to期望, 盼望
例句：We look forward to seeing you again.
我们期待着与你再次相见。
identify with觉得与…有联系; 支持; 同情(某人); 和…有同感
例句：She always identifies with the underdog.
她总是同情受害者。

9. Don Cornelius hosted “Soul Train” from nineteen seventy until nineteen ninety three. By the time the show went off the air in two thousand three, it had become one the longest running syndicated shows in American television history.

go off开始变坏, 变质; 变差
例句：The lecturer used to do well, but he seems to have gone off now.
这个演讲者以前讲得很好, 但如今似乎变差了。

10. His son Tony Cornelius told The Hollywood Reporter that father’s failing health may have played a part in his death.

play a part in与…有关,对…有影响
例句：Computers will play an important part in our life in the near future.
在最近的将来，计算机将在我们的生活中起着重要作用。