VOA慢速英语:Home Birth Movement Grows in the US

短语讲解：

1. Most births in the United States take place in hospitals.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Elections take place every four years.
选举四年举行一次。

2. And then after giving birth, straight into my own shower, into my own bed, with our new family and our home.

give birth 使诞生，生（孩子）
例句：The young mother is not the first pre-teen to give birth.
这位年轻的母亲并非第一个产下小孩的青少年儿童。

3. If someone is as much as one block away from this hospital, it’s too far.

as much as 差不多
例句：He'll know as much as she does, right?
他知道的内幕和她一样多对不对?

4. It’s great to see so many friends here tonight, enjoying themselves in spite of the cover charge.

in spite of 虽然， 尽管…; 不顾
例句：They were unable to reform their lines in spite of often fierce resistance.
尽管常常进行激烈抵抗，法军仍无法重整其战线。

5. The Cotton Club was located in the center of the African-American neighborhood of Harlem.

in the center of 在中间，在中央
例句：The new building will be located in the center of town. 
这座大楼将建在市中心。 

6. Handy wished to go one evening to The Cotton Club and he was turned away.

turn away 转过脸去; 拒绝（某人）进入
例句：Would you rather just turn away and leave me lonely?
你会宁愿转身离去剩下我一个人吗？