VOA慢速英语:Voyager 1 Headed Into Interstellar Space

短语讲解：

1. "The record is a conventional long-playing phonograph record except that it is made of copper and it is covered in gold and then it is put inside a titanium case to protect it."

be made of 用…造成（用于原材料显而易见的场合）
例句：The urn appeared to be made of some sort of bronze.
这瓮看起来像是某种青铜制的

2. "So there is music on the record from Europe and the United States... But also from Africa, the South Pacific and South America... Georgia, Russia, all these places - such as China, India."

such as 像， 例如；譬如；诸如
例句：I enjoy poets such as keats.
我喜爱像济慈那样的诗人。

3. "Knowing that that picture was taken by a human being I think profoundly changed the thoughts of these people and really made them start thinking about 'If we are this pale blue dot in this ocean of vastness, then how do we communicate something about who we are?'"

think about 考虑…；捉摸…
例句：You only think about yourself.
你只想到你自己。

4. You can't say that an Indian raga or a piece by Bach or a Japanese Shakuhachi piece 'means' something that you can put into words.

put into words 用言语表达
例句：We can't put into words how we feel.
我们现在的心情已无法用言语来表达。