VOA慢速英语:Music and The Human Brain

短语讲解：

1. “We’ve known for some time that playing a musical instrument can change the anatomy as well as the function and the way the brain works.”

as well as 也，又
例句：That means pay as well as payrolls.
这意味着工资和就业人数的同时增长。

2. “Nerves in your brain that respond to sound give off electricity, and we can capture that electricity, and we can determine how does your nervous system respond to speech, to music, to elements of sound that we think are important for communication.”

give off 发出； 放出
例句：The toy can give off a strange sound.
这个玩具能发出一种奇怪的声音。

3. So now we know that the brains of musicians are different from those of other people.

be different from 与…不同；不同于
例句：May your destiny be different from her.
希望你的命运和她不同。

4. “If you’re talking to me in a noisy restaurant and my nervous system is very good at locking onto the sound of your voice, then I ’m going to be better able to understand what it is that you say. ”

be able to 能够
例句：You should be able to converse comfortably.
你应该能够舒服地进行谈话。

5. “Musicians become quite good a being able to pull out the part of the sound that they are interested in listening to.

pull out 拔出；退出
例句：The main opposition in the north says it will pull out altogether.
北部的反对党也表示，他们将完全退出选举。

6. We’re not talking about the effects of simply passively listening to music.

talk about 谈到
例句：We talk about global warming.
我们谈到了全球变暖。