VOA慢速英语:Summer 2015 Brings Movies for Toddlers to Teens

短语讲解：

1. It has sold close to $300 million dollars of tickets since then.

close to 离…近; 与…关系密切; 近乎
例句：The building is conveniently located close to public transportations．
房子地理位置好，附近有公共交通。

2. He also writes, approvingly, that the movie “is a defense of sorrow,” a feeling that helps us all connect and care for each other.

care for 照料; 喜欢; 愿意
例句：I wonder whether they will care for us all to go there.
我不知道他们是否喜欢我们都到那儿去。
each other 互相，彼此
例句：Do you often help each other with your lessons?
你们经常互相帮助复习功课吗？

3. They play longtime neighbors who were friends as young children but belong to different social groups in high school.

belong to 属于
例句：I belong to no party.
我不属于任何派别。

4. Moviegoers are not expected to leave the theater crying as they may have after seeing “The Fault in Our Stars.”

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事
例句：I shall be expected to shell out the money for the party.
我将要支付这个集会的费用。

5. The summer movie season will come to an end with a movie that both teens and adults might enjoy.

come to an end 结束，终止; 完事; 期满
例句：The meeting has come to an end.
会议结束了。

6. Ricki also tries to repair relations with her other adult children, as well as her former husband.

as well as 也，又
例句：Let' s share in our troubles as well as in our joys.
让我们同甘共苦吧。