和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:David Titcomb: Transforming Classical Music at New York Orchestra

2016-09-29来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. “With our good friend Atsushi Yamada whose our conductor who we worked with at New York City Opera back in the early 2000s and we started as the friends of Japan orchestra we played a concert actually it was Resurrection symphonies about a year after the disaster in northern Japan and we brought over 100 kids just to kind of show them that we were still paying attention and we wanted to give them some inspiration to continue to deal with their troubles and manage.”

work with 与…在一起干;从事…工作
例句:You cannot expect to like all the people you will work with
不要指望你会喜欢所有和你共事的人。
deal with 应付; 对待;惠顾
例句:He's a hard man to deal with.
要跟他这个人做生意很难。

2. Hand in Hand was created in response to the earthquake and tsumani in Japan.

in response to 对…做出反应
例句:It was some time before the door opened in response to his ring.
他按完门铃后过了一会儿门才打开。

3. Many have not been able to return because of radiation danger.

be able to 能够;能,会
例句:If only I could get some sleep, I would be able to cope.
要是能睡上一会儿,我就能应付了。
because of 因为,由于
例句:It is mainly because of my fault.
这主要是由于我的过错。