VOA常速英语:US Christian Broadcaster Still Believes in Shortwave

短语讲解：

1. Since the dawn of wireless communications, international broadcasters, including the voice of America, have used shortwave radio to communicate with the world.

communicate with与…联系, 与…交往
例句：I communicate with him regularly by letter.
我与他定期通信。

2. While many broadcasters now are switching to other technology to get their broadcasts out, privately funded religious organizations in the United States still are devoted to shortwave.

get out开始被人知道; 泄漏出
例句：To his surprise the news soon got out.
使他惊奇的是, 消息很快就泄露出去了。
devote to把…专用于, 致力于…
例句：He has been devoting his whole life to benefiting mankind.
他把自己的一生贡献给了造福人类的事业。

3. But some religious broadcasters in America still believe in the medium.

believe in信任；信仰；支持；赞成
例句：He believes in exercise for his health.
他相信运动对他的健康有益。

4. He helped to set up a shortwave facility for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Yalta summit with Churchill and Stalin.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

5. From its studio outside Nashville, Tennessee, it mixes cultural programming with the Christian gospel.

mix with (使)与…混〔结〕合
例句：Jack's plaid skirt didn't mix well with his striped trousers.
杰克的方格衬衫与条纹长裤不相配。

6. This American imam condemns that view. He says it does not live up to Islam's own ideals.

live up to达到高标准; 不辜负
例句：I try to live up to the high standard of the school.
我力求达到这所学校的高标准要求。