VOA慢速英语:'Fallujah' the Opera; Songs of Summer

1. Christian Ellis says the story is based on what he experienced in Fallujah in two thousand four.

base on 基于
例句："Base on Yunfu, orient to the world and aim at the future." 
立足云浮,面向世界,走向未来。 

2. CHRISTIAN ELLIS: “I took a lot of my own personal experiences that dealt with suicide, that dealt with a lot of dark moments, and turned it into a way that people could understand.”

deal with 处理
例句：They agreed to press for the conference to deal with the problem. 
他们同意敦促大会处理这个问题。 

3. The former sergeant grew up listening to opera.

grow up 成长
例句：What are you going to be when you grow up? 
你长大了想做什么样的人？ 

4. But, he says, he is still fighting a battle that goes on in his head.

go on 接着
例句：Are you rested enough to go on? 
你是否歇够了可以接着干了? 

5. The former rock band X put out a sad summer song in nineteen eighty-seven.

put out 出版
例句：They also put out a pamphlet in English of this statement.
他们还出了这个声明的英文单行本。 

6. John Doe and Exene Cervenka sing about love gone wrong in “4th of July.”

go wrong 弄错
例句：The sum is wrong, but I can't see where I went wrong.
总数错了,可是我看不出哪里算错了。