VOA慢速英语:Neftalie Williams: Skateboarding Is a 'Tool for Cultural Diplomacy'

短语讲解：

1. It gives me the space to do what I want to do and sort of tune out the rest of the world.

tune out 不理，对…无反应
例句：Whatever you're talking about, children rapidly tune out if you go beyond them
不管你在说什么，如果孩子们听不懂，就会很快走神。

2. All I do is what feels good to me, what feels great under my feet and it lets me belong to a larger community.

belong to 属于
例句：Earls, princes, and kings belong to the nobility.
伯爵、亲王和国王属于贵族。

3. So I feel it all, all at the same time.

at the same time 同时; 一起; 但是; 然而
例句：Never before has the industry had to cope with war and recession at the same time
这个行业以前从未有过必须同时应付战争和萧条的经历。

4. I ended up putting together my own skateboarding camp for kids in New England because that was me wanting to give back to the sport that gave me so much life.

end up （以…）结束; 最终成为[变得]
例句：You'll end up in the business, which is where you belong anyway.
你还是进工商界谋个立身之地为好，你本来就是买卖人家出身嘛。

5. And a lot of my good friends have now become pro skaters and they were counselors at my camp at that time.

a lot of 诸多; 许多的
例句：He is a man with a lot of experience under his belt.
他是个阅历很深的人。

6. So, that was my first foray into making things bigger for skateboarding as a whole.

as a whole 整体来看; 普遍说来
例句：All Party members and the people as a whole are full of vigour.
党员和人民的精神状态很好。

7. Because the skateboarding diplomacy project was so successful in the Netherlands, the State Department has asked for Williams’s help in creating skateboarding projects in other countries.

ask for 请求…; 要求…
例句: He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。

8. In addition to his work empowering and uniting skateboarding communities, Neftalie Williams is chairman of Cuba Skate, designed to create people-to-people exchange between communities in Cuba and the U.S.

in addition to 除…之外
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外,他还得学日语。