VOA慢速英语:Are You How You Talk?

短语讲解：

1. The minute you open your mouth, you are giving clues about yourself—where you grew up, with whom you grew up, and where you went to school.

grow up 长大; 向上生长; 成熟
例句：A little trade began to grow up.
小生意开始兴隆起来。

2. But there are millions of native speakers who have their own vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation that is different from Standard American English.

be different from 不同于; 与…不同
例句：May your destiny be different from her.
希望你的命运和她不同。

3. Some people look down on certain regional accents and dialects.

look down on 轻视; 俯瞰（某处）; 看不起（某人）
例句：Don't look down on the role women can play.
不要小看妇女的作用。

4. It doesn’t make sense.

make sense 有意义; 理解; 讲得通
例句：This long sentence doesn't make sense at all.
这个长句子根本讲不通。