VOA慢速英语:Senior Citizens Sing for Health and Fifteen-Year-Old Kyla Ross Heads to the Olympics

短语讲解：

1. But first, we tell about some older Americans who are singing for their health.

tell about 讲述
例句：The witness was telling about the whole accident.
目击者正在讲述整个事故的过程。

2. The study took place in three parts of the country, including Washington, DC.

take place 发生;举行
例句：When will the basketball game take place?
篮球赛何时举行?

3. More than one hundred older adults from the Washington area were taught to sing and perform together.

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

4. They were compared to a control group of individuals who did not sing.

compare to 把...比作
例句：He compared the girl to the moon in the poem.
他在诗中把那姑娘比作月亮。

5. She says the study found that those working with her were happier and suffered less from depression than the inactive adults.

work with 与…共事/合作；起作用
例句：I like to work with people who are honest, dedicated to their work. 
我喜欢与一些诚实并对工作投入的人合作。 
suffer from 因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：She often suffers from headaches.
她常常头痛。

6. But, as we hear from Bob Doughty, getting to London means she has had to work harder than most girls her age.
 
hear from 收到某人的信件
例句：I hope to hear from you before long. 
我希望不久就能收到你的信。

7. You might want to rest or, disciplined in the fact that oh you want to hang out with your friends, and people are going out.

hang out 闲逛
例句：Where does he hang out these days? 
他这些日子里都在什么地方来着? 

8. Kyla Ross was born in Hawaii.

born in 出生
例句："I was born in the east, but now live in Los Angeles." 
我出生于东部，但现在住在洛杉矶。

9. Her parents put her in a gymnastics class when she was three years old to help her burn off energy.

burn off 烧掉
例句：Let's burn off the rest of the brush. 
让我们把剩下的灌木丛清除掉。 

10. I definitely want to have fun when I go to London and enjoy being with the team competing, and hopefully representing Team USA as well as we can.

as well as 和...一样;和;也
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days. 
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。