VOA慢速英语:Break-Up Songs: The Sound of a Broken Heart

1. They were not found at the mission at all in the past tenyears.

at all (否定句)丝毫;根本
例句：I don't like her at all.
我一点都不喜欢她。

2. But, the swallows no longer make their home at the mission.

no longer 不再；已不
例句：He has that prominence no longer. 
他不再拥有那种卓越的地位。 

3. She says there have been many attempts to get the birds toreturn, including setting out food.

set out 出发, 开始
例句：We set out armed with warm clothes. 
我们动身时带了御寒的衣服。 

4. He says forty years of development around San Juan Capistrano has led to a fifty percent reduction of the swallow population in southern California.

lead to 导致
例句：Excessive patriotism can lead to xenophobia. 
爱国主义过了头即可导致仇视一切外国人. 

5. They seem to pour out of the radio more often than songs about lovers staying together.

pour out 涌出…
例句：Don't pour out the dirty water Before you have dean. 
得到清水之前不要泼掉脏水。 

6. Today, Christopher Cruise and I play some break-up songs from today and yesterday and look at the language used in them.

look at 看
例句：Look at the map, please.
请看这张地图。

7. He sings that the woman acted as if they never had a relationship.

as if 犹如;好像
例句：She treats him as if he were a stranger.
她待他如陌生人。

8. But then we hear from the former girlfriend.

hear from 收到...的信
例句：I haven't heard from him since he telephoned.
自从那次他来电话后,我一直没有收到他的来信。

9. And yet, she says, he always made her feel like she was toblame.

feel like 想要
例句：I don't feel like a cup of tea.
我不想喝茶。

10. In fact, Gotye almost gave up on the song. Gotye says he felt blocked after finishing the first verse.

give up 放弃
例句：The girl gave up halfway.
这女孩中途放弃。

11. But the woman argues with him. The only thing she agrees with is that when they met she was working as a cocktail waitress.

agree with 同意
例句：I agree with you to some degree. 
在某种程度上我与你意见一致。 

12. Can the two repair each other?

each other 互相
例句：They somehow supplemented each other. 
它们却起着互相补充的作用。