VOA慢速英语:Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917-2000: First African-American to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature

短语讲解：
1. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.

hundreds of 数以百计,许多
例句：We paid hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. 
我们交纳了数亿美元的税金。

2. But her skill was more than her ability to write aboutstruggling black people.

more than 多于
例句：Margaret needed support more than ever. 
玛格丽特比以往更需要关心。 

3.  She said she found most of her material looking out of thewindow of her second-floor apartment house in Chicago, Illinois.

look out of 向外望
例句：He got out of bed and went to look out of the window. 
他从床上爬起来向窗外望去。 

4.  Right, regular, where I shall find no need for scholarlynonchalance or looks a little to the left or guards upon theheart.

a little 一点
例句：Aren't you a little scared? 
难道你不会感到有点紧张吗？ 

5. She was a popular teacher. She was praised for her use oflanguage and the way people identified with her writing.

identify with 参与
例句：He refused to identify himself with the new political party.
他拒绝参与那个新政党。

6. It is a short poem that talks about young people feeling hopeless:

talk about 谈论
例句：He went on to talk about his accident. 
他接着谈到了他的意外事故。 

7. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with importantpolitical issues. She won praise for her sharper, real-life poeticstyle.

deal with 处理
例句：I refuse to deal with that firm any longer. 
我拒绝不再同那家公司交易。 

8. Gwendolyn Brooks was affected by the civil rights struggles andsocial changes taking place in America.

take place 发生
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则发生在地球的极深处。 

9. The service was at times filled with laughter.

fill with 用……填充
例句：Check and fill with clean engine oil. 
检查并用干净的引擎油填充。