VOA慢速英语:Oysters Return to New York’s Great South Bay

短语讲解：

1. Twenty-three local fishermen, including the Cochrane family, have signed up so far.

sign up 报名; 跟…签订合同
例句：He was not the only one to sign up.
报名参加的不光是他一个人。
so far 到目前为止
例句：Now, I have so far merely made assertions.
直到现在为止，我只是在作论述。

2. He is responsible for getting adult oysters to spawn - lay eggs and produce the larvae that turn into millions of oysters.

be responsible for 为…负责，形成…的原因
例句：You'll be responsible for anything wrong.
出了事唯你是问。

3. Marty Byrnes grows the plant food of oysters, algae, in large tanks filled with salt water.

fill with 充[挤]满（使）; 使满怀（某种情感等
例句：Her eyes will fill with hellish visions.
她的眼中会出现幻觉.

4. “It looks like a grain of sand right now. It’s amazing, nature.”

look like 好像
例句：He doesn't look like a dead fox.
他不象一只死狐狸。