VOA慢速英语:Americans Chose Their Favorite Poems

短语讲解：

1. The academy chose April as National Poetry Month because of a line in a poem.

because of 因为，由于
例句：I'm here because of you.
我来这儿是因为你们。

2. He started the Favorite Poem Project, to find out which poems Americans liked best.

find out 发现; 使发作
例句：Find out what makes you happy.
找出什么能让你快乐。

3. Thousands of Americans wrote to Mr. Pinsky about their favorite poems. 

thousands of 数千的
例句：Thousands of cattle have been sold.
几千头牛已卖了出去。

4. At the end of his life, he told about a number of his tribe’s ceremonies and ideas about life.

at the end of 在…结尾，在…末端
例句：It was low hundreds at the end of last year, and is up 600%.
去年年底还只有几百个，但现在已经增长了600%。

5. Laterthat night when Thomas rolled over andlurched into her, she would open her eyesand think of the place that was hersfor an hour – where she was nothing,pure nothing, in the middle of the day.
 
in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：A beautiful stone fountain was set in the middle of the garden. 
花园中央砌造了一个漂亮的石头喷水池。 

6. He often wrote about the land and people of the northeastern American states.

write about 写…的事，写到…
例句：what the critics are going to write about your show yet. 
评论家们会对你的展览写些什么。 

7. She was also famous for the free way she lived her life and for her many lovers.

be famous for 因…而著名
例句：Spain used to be famous for its strong armada.
西班牙曾以其强大的舰队而闻名。