VOA慢速英语:Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 Helped Redefine Children’s Literature

短语讲解：

1. For over sixty years, his artistic skill brought to life richlyimaginative worlds filled with children, animals and magicalcreatures.

fill with 用……填充
例句： His mind began to fill with dreadful thoughts, 
他心里逐渐充满种种可怕的念头。 

2. For example, “Outside Over There” is about a baby kidnappedby goblins while her older sister is not paying attention.

pay attention 关注，注意
例句：In doing our work, we must pay attention to ways and means. 
做工作应注意方式方法。 

3. FAITH LAPIDUS: Maurice Sendak grew up with continuous remindersabout death.

grow up 逐渐形成
例句：A warm friendship grew up between the two men.
两人之间逐渐产生了友情。

4.  Sometimes his parents would talk about the dead relatives,especially the children.

talk about 谈论;谈到
例句：What are they talking about?
他们在谈什么?

5. In his books, he skillfully combined an adult's point of viewwith a child's point of view, and the dark and light in all of us.

in all 总共
例句：We were fifty in all.
我们总共五十人。

6.  And the next thing you learn, you have to find somethingunique in this book, which perhaps even the author was notentirely aware of.

aware of 意识到，知道
例句：Nobody heeded me, nobody was aware of me. 
没有人关心我，没有人注意我。 

7. And that’s what you hold onto and that’s what you add to thepictures.

add to 增添
例句：In addition, urban migrants add to the supply of labor. 
此外，城市移民还增加了劳动的供应。 

8. A whole other story that you believe in, that you think isthere.

believe in 信任
例句：We believe in him.
我们信任他。

9.  The story is about the adventures of a rebellious young boynamed Max. Max likes to dress up so he looks like a wolf.

dress up (使)穿上盛装
例句：She was dressed up in her Sunday best.
她身着节日盛装。

10. A movie version directed by Spike Jonze came out in twothousand nine.

come out 出现
例句：The moon came out from behind the clouds.
月亮从云后露出脸来。