VOA慢速英语:Buttons Are Art at New York City Gallery

短语讲解：

1. "What I tried to do with this show," he said "was look at artists who were elevating that level of craft."

look at 看; 审视; 评判
例句：Now, look at this horse. This part is called the saddle.
注意看这匹马，这部分为鞍部。

2. He said he wanted the button art to be comparable to a painting "because of the amount of detail and precision in the work.”

because of 因为，由于
例句：All the planes were socked in yesterday because of the thick mist.
由于雾大，昨天所有的飞机都停飞了。

3. A stream of connected red buttons hang over the side, like wine flowing down.

flow down 流下; 颓; 坍缩
例句：The colour would flow down the mountain and fill the land with colour.
这些颜色会从山上流下来，让大地充满色彩。

4. That memorial to her father led to other button portraits, including those of activists Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez.

lead to 导致
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。

5. Los Angeles artist Camilla Taylor attached buttons to three large sculptures that look like headless animals with long, narrow legs.

look like 看起来与（某人或某物）相像[相似]
例句：Comparison: What would this look like?
比较：这看起来怎么样？

6. "The Button Show" ends March 12. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation paid for the exhibition.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱; 因…受罚
例句：I' ll give you double pay for working overtime.
你加班我付你双倍工钱。