VOA慢速英语:Chess Rules in Film "Queen of Katwe"(翻译)

短语讲解：

1. The film is based on a true story.

base on 使建立在…基础上
例句："Base on Yunfu, orient to the world and aim at the future."
立足云浮,面向世界,走向未来。

2. “What is preventing you from being a grand master?”

prevent from 阻止， 防止
例句：Active cure of swoon patients was important to prevent from complications.
积极救治晕厥患者，对预防并发症有重要意义。

3. Sometimes the place you are used to, it is not the place you belong.

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：This piece of cloth can be used to make a pair of pillow cases.
这块布可以做一对枕套。

4. The girl learns that Katende grew up in the same slums where she now lives. He studied engineering at a university.

grow up 长大; 向上生长; 成熟
例句：She grew up in Tokyo.
她在东京长大。

5. But we very rarely get to see these positive images, we very rarely get to see the self-possession of the people, and the fact that they can take care of themselves from within, they don’t need help necessarily from without.

take care of 照顾
例句：Don't worry yourself about me, I can take care of myself
你别担心我，我能照顾好自己。

6. “…she has to learn that in order to really love her daughter, she has to learn to let her go and risk failure, and that's how Phiona ends up being the champion that she becomes.”

in order to 为了…
例句：In order to ensure success we must have a complete and thorough plan.
为了保证成功，我们必须要有一个周密的计划。

7. I don’t blame her for what she was doing because of where we were living. She had to protect me because there is a lot of raping, kind of things, so she couldn’t allow me to go out from house.

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。

8. Today, Phiona Mutesi is a chess grand master and has taken part in two international chess competitions.

take part in 参加…，参与…活动
例句：You can take part in activities from canoeing to bird watching.
你可以参与从划独木舟到观鸟等各种活动。