VOA慢速英语:How Do You Talk About Everything?

短语讲解：

1. American English has many ways to talk about everything under the sun.

talk about 讨论，谈论; 考虑
例句：Don't talk about business while we are dining.
吃饭时不要讨论业务。

2. "Marcia is responsible for the life of this product from beginning to end."

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. "In other words, she’s in charge from cradle to grave."

in other words 换句话说; 就是说
例句：In other words, menus provide a pedagogic vector.
换句话说，菜单是一条学习的途径。

4. In fact, people used the whole shebang without knowing what a shebang actually is.

in fact 事实上; 实际上
例句：They were, in fact, probably used while debugging the software.
它们事实上很可能是在调试程序时使用的。