VOA慢速英语:The Art of Play: Video Games Exhibit Opens at Museum in Washington

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

2. I think many of us who grew up with these always knew them to be something more than what they seemed to be on the surface.

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。

3. “Myst” came out in the early nineteen-nineties.

come out出版; 发表
例句：When will the dictionary come out?
那本字典什么时候出版?

4. We reported on plans by its owner to sell shares in a publicly-traded company that would operate the world-famous structure. 

report on报道…, 就…作报告
例句：Jim has been sent to Iran to report on the situation there.
吉姆已被派往伊朗报道那里的局势。

5. The family said it plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on the building and some of the other structures it owns.

spend on把…花在…
例句：He doesn't spend much time on his homework.
他花在作业上的时间不多。

6. The money would come from the stock offering.

come from来自，源出；产自
例句：This word comes from Latin.
这个词源于拉丁语。

7. At least two groups of investors have taken legal action in an effort to block the offering.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句：The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。
in an effort to为了...
They rebuilt the cinemas in an effort to reach out to the young people.
他们重建了电影院，试图吸引青年人。

8. Unless a judge agrees to stop the IPO, shares should go on sale later this month.

go on发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。

9. He sings: It used to be I was the object of affection/ In your eyes alone/But now it seems your heart has found a new direction/And you’re leaving me out in the cold.

used to过去惯常,以前习惯于
例句：We used to grow peanuts.
我们过去是种花生的。