VOA慢速英语:Musical Legend Chuck Berry Still Reeling and Rocking on Stage at 86

1. Chuck would've made a lousy sportscaster ('two-three the count'?) but that just adds to the excitement.

add to 增加
例句：I have nothing to add to my earlier statement. 
我对我先前说的话, 没有什么补充的. 

2. But his songwriting skills -- some call him a rock and roll poet -- and his guitar work really set him apart.

set apart 留出；突出
例句：We have set apart a special sum of money for new equipment. 
我们留出一笔专款添置新设备。 

3. Chuck Berry was born on October eighteenth, nineteen twenty- six, in St. Louis, where he still lives.

be born 出生于…；落地；诞；下生
例句：A son should be born wherever his father is.
儿子出生的时候，父亲应该在身边。

4. His father, Henry, worked with wood; he was a carpenter.

work with 与…在一起干；从事…工作
例句：I'm pleased to work with you.
我很高兴能与你一起工作。

5. The Hall of Fame had this to say: "While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together."

put together 拼
例句：None of the ten girls can put together well.
十个女孩中没有一个能够拼得良好。