VOA慢速英语:Peter Ripken: A Life in Literature

短语讲解：

1. In fact, free expression can be quite dangerous in many places.

in fact 事实上; 实际上
例句：You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties
你不得不承认，你事实上是陷入了困境。

2. And I've made efforts to find out by traveling, by meeting people, by going to conferences.

find out 发现; 使发作; 使受惩罚
例句：I'll find out the address,and ring you back.
我找到地址后再与你通电话。

3. At the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, he wrote a handbook on Southern Africa.

at the height of 在鼎盛时期
例句：He was struck down at the height of his career
他在事业达到巅峰时病逝了。

4. There’s one project we are setting up a cultural center in southern Spain for encounters between writers and artists from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, France and Germany.

set up 建立; 准备; 安排; 引起
例句：The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims
双方同意组建一个委员会来调查那些索赔要求。