VOA慢速英语:Asian Americans in LA Share Tea and Tradition, Bobo Style

短语讲解：

1. The room is filled with comfortable couches and other seating.

fill with （使）充[挤]满；使满怀（某种情感等）
例句：Our zoos will most likely fill with animals that are now extinct.
我们的动物园将充满现已绝种的动物。

2. Oliver Wang says the current generation of Asian-Americans grew up seeing more Asian faces on television locally and through satellite.

grow up 向上生长；长大
例句：When will you grow up?
你什么时候才能长大？

3. There’s enough Chinese people, there’s enough Taiwanese people,where they’re going to have one boba shop no matter how crappy it is, and all the Asians know about it.

no matter 不管； 不论
例句：I follow the evidence no matter who pays me.okay?
我只跟进证据不管谁付我钱可以吗?

4. Rock musician David Byrne started thinking of making a musical about the wife of the former Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos several years ago.

think of 考虑；想起
例句：Why think of trouble before it comes?
为何在之前就想到麻烦呢？

5. David Byrne worked with the British musician Fatboy Slim to make an album about Imelda Marcos.

work with 与…在一起干；从事…工作
例句：Would you like me to work with you today?
你喜欢我今天和你一起工作吗？

6. But how is the show interactive? The theater is set up like a disco club.

set up 建立；准备
例句：What if we set up a foundation?
如果我们建立一个基金呢?

7. On the other side of the city, another theater has put up a large tent.

put up vt.举起；张贴
例句：Put up the notice on the bulletin board.
把通告张贴在布告栏上。

8. The audience gets champagne, vodka and a full Russian dinner before the show. The action takes place all around and sometimes in the middle of the audience.

in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：A man begging in the middle of the road.
一个男人正在马路中间乞讨。

9. They must cover up their eyes as they travel. They are also told they must not speak.

cover up 掩盖； 掩饰
例句：I tried to cover up my blush.
我试图掩饰我脸红。

10. The sound is similar to disco music of the 1970s and 80s.

be similar to 与…相似；类乎；类
例句：This condition could be similar to human depression.
这一状况类似于人类的低落情绪。