VOA常速英语:Oregon Advertising Studio Tracks Fukushima Radiation

短语讲解：

1. If you were to picture the sort of person who might take the lead in gathering radiation data from the Fukushima nuclear accident, Marcelino Alvarez probably wouldn’t come to mind.

come to mind想起，回忆起
例句：The title just will not come to mind.
那个标题就是想不起来。

2. 'What do you think about this? What if we made a site that just invited people to contribute their own data?

think about 对…有(某种观点)
例句：What do you think about him?
你觉得他这个人怎么样?
what if 要是…又怎样
例句：What if you should fail?
假如你失败了, 该怎么办呢?

3. Alvarez drew on his background in web design and location-based mobile apps to pull it together.

draw on穿上, 戴上
例句：The man drew on his trousers hurriedly.
那人匆匆穿上裤子。

4. He’s also working with scientists in the United States and Japan as well as individual programmers in Tokyo.

work with与…在一起干
例句：I find it so refreshing to work with young people in this department.
我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。

5. "So it’s a mix, and we hope that mix will help create a more accurate picture of what’s actually going on.”

go on 发生
例句：Tell me what's going on over there!
告诉我那边发生了什么事儿。

6. Many people in Japan are hungry for that picture, given what Pieter Franken says are the frustrations with official government data.

be hungry for渴望...
例句：We are hungry for the result of the election.
我们急于知道选举结果。

7. For instance, they’re asked to note where they took their measurements.

for instance例如, 比如
例句：You cannot rely on her; for instance, she arrived an hour late for an important meeting yesterday.
她这人靠不住, 例如昨天一个重要会议, 她迟到了一个小时。

8. Since fallout settles on the ground, a reading from a roof can be different from a reading at ground level.

be different from与…不同
例句：My plan is different from yours.
我的计划和你的不同。

9. So when we’re measuring, it makes sense to measure at a height of one meter, actually a little bit lower than that, to understand what a child is exposed to in daily life.

make sense是明智的, 是合情合理的
例句：It would make sense to leave early.
还是早点走好。
be exposed to遭受,暴露于…
例句：The machine is exposed to the wind and rain .
这台机器经受风吹雨打。

10. But even with established standards, relying on citizen-scientists means there are always questions about accuracy.

rely on信赖, 依赖,依靠
例句：You can't rely on the weather being fine for anything you plan in England.
在英国你无论计划干什么事都不要指望会碰上好天气。

11. Frantz also says having so much data in a user-friendly format can serve another purpose: help people understand that not all radiation is due to leaks from nuclear power plants, that background radiation is a natural part of life.

due to由于，因为
例句：Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。

12. That’s why Alvarez continually adjusts the website in response to suggestions from citizens and scientists.

in response to .对…做出反应
例句：The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.
这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。