和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Guitar Heroes, Before Anyone Even Heard of Video Games

2012-03-28来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. Music experts do not agree about where the guitar first was played.

agree about对某事〔物〕有同样看法, 就某事取得一致意见
例句:They could not agree about who should do the work.
对于谁该做这项工作, 他们意见不一致。

2. In the seventeen hundreds it became similar to the instrument we know today.

similar to与…相似
例句:My problems are very similar to yours.
我的问题和你的差不多。

3. It will always be strongly linked with the Spanish guitar.

link with将…与…连接〔系〕在一起
例句:High unemployment is not necessarily linked with the rise in prices.
高失业率与物价上涨不一定有联系。

4. In the nineteen thirties, Les Paul began experimenting with ways to make an electric guitar.

experiment with以…做试验
例句:They experimented with a new material.
他们用新材料来做试验。

5. Yet, music experts say all blues guitar players are measured against one man and his famous guitar.

measure against与…相比做出评价;形成对比(或比较,竞争);与…较量
例句:I measured myself not against adults but against age-mates.
我不与成年人较量而与同年龄的伙伴相比衡量自己。

6. It belongs to country music star Willie Nelson.

belong to属于
例句:Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。

7. It looks like an old, broken instrument someone threw away.

throw away扔掉,丢弃,抛弃
例句:He threw away the old sofa.
他把旧沙发扔掉了。

8. His name is Jose Feliciano. Here he plays a song that is based on traditional Spanish guitar music.

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。

9. He mixes this with a little jazz and a little blues and adds a Latin sound. Here is “Bamboleo.”

mix with (使)与…混〔结〕合
例句:Jack's plaid skirt didn't mix well with his striped trousers.
杰克的方格衬衫与条纹长裤不相配。