VOA慢速英语:Website Links People Across Continents Through Books

belong to是(某团体、国家等)的成员
例句：We belong to the new club.
我们是这个新俱乐部的成员。

2. We all have this life-changing literature that we tend to keep on our shelf and BookCrossing encourages its members to read and release and not be 'shelf-ish.'"

tend to易于; 倾向
例句：My grandmother tends to go to bed early every day.
我祖母每天通常比较早睡。
keep on继续
例句：They kept on working after dark.
天黑了他们还继续工作。

3. The BookCrossing website also allows people to search in their area for places where books are being released.

search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：They searched all the drawers for the missing paper.
他们翻了所有的抽屉找寻那份遗失的文件。

4. There was a paperback Star Trek novel that I left on an ATM [automated teller machine] near my office and six months later it popped up in a train station in Beijing. I know I’ve had one that I left by a fountain in Alexandria that showed up in South Africa.

pop up突然出现
例句：She was startled when Lisa popped up at the door all smiles.
莉萨满面笑容地突然出现在门口时她吃了一惊。
show up到场, 出席,如约赶到,出现,露面
例句：He showed up when we least expected him.
我们根本没有料到, 他竟然来了。

5. Ms. Orvig says she has also gotten her grandchildren involved in BookCrossing.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：She was involved in working out a puzzle.
她在聚精会神地解一道难题。

6. They love it and it kind of points out that I think books are valuable and that’s not a bad lesson for a small child to be learning.

point out指出; 把注意力引向…
例句：Mistakes in the printing should be pointed out at once.
印刷上的错误应立即予以指出。

7. The books have been translated into other languages and are one of the best selling children's series ever.

translate into (把…)翻译成…
例句：He translated what I said in English into Chinese.
他把我用英语说的译成汉语。

8. The popularity of the Berenstain Bears led to animated television shows based on the books.

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。
base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：This play is based on a true story.
这出戏以真事为基础。

9. The culture was bursting with new ideas in music, art and literature.

burst with充满，挤满；充满(怒气，自豪感，活力等)；装满
例句：The hall was bursting with people.
大厅里挤满了人。

10. He welcomed writers whose works did not appeal to the big publishing houses.

appeal to对…有吸引力
例句：This job rather appeals to me.
这工作对我有吸引力。