VOA慢速英语:Nell Freudenberger on Her Book 'The Newlyweds'; Pioneer Music From the 'Little House' Se

短语讲解：

1. Nell Freudenberger has been writing poems and stories since she was a child growing up in New York.

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。

2. The thing that had impressed her about AsianEuro.com was the volume of both men and women looking for mates.

look for 寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

3. As it turned out, the problem was not with making contact but with staying in touch.

in touch 联系，接触
例句：Let's keep in touch. 
让我们保持联系。 

4. Nell Freudenberger says the story is partly based on the real-life experience of someone she met on a plane, a Bangladeshi woman named Farah.

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。 

5. She's somebody who from her childhood was interested in going abroad and I think what made me interested in her story was that impulse in her.

interest in 对……有兴趣
例句：He doesn't manifest much interest in his studies. 
他对学习没表示出多大兴趣。 

6. In addition to "The Newlyweds," Nell Freudenberger has published a novel called "The Dissident" and a short story collection called "Lucky Girls."

In addition to 除……之外
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外,他还得学日语。

7.  And I think it's the stories that stay in your head that you're meant to write because you have whatever kind of emotional material you need to fill them in."

stay in 呆在家里;不外出
例句：The doctor advised him to stay in for a few days.
医生劝他几天内不要外出。

8. Wilder's books tell about imaginary people and events. But they are partly based on her memories of growing up in Kansas and South Dakota in the middle of the eighteen hundreds.

in the middle of 在...中
例句：A beautiful stone fountain was set in the middle of the garden. 
花园中央砌造了一个漂亮的石头喷水池。

9. They're often picking up and moving on because of defeat."

pick up 拾起
例句：Pick up the snips of cloth and thread from the floor. 
拾起地板上的布片和线头。
because of 因为
例句：He is feeling wretched today because of the rain. 
因为下雨，他今天情绪很不好。