VOA常速英语:Alt-Rock Band Celebrates 10th Anniversary

短语讲解：

1. Minus the Bear released the recording just before going on a long tour across America to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

go on发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。

2. "... and because a lot of them we don't play often.  We represent now 30-year-old, mid-30s guys, as opposed to mid-20s guys," Snider noted.

as opposed to 完全不同, 截然相反, 反对, 对照
例句：I am here on business as opposed to a holiday. 
我在这里是办公事而不是度假。

3. "There are a lot of… you know, it is a 10-year old, 9-year-old record.  Feeding off of that energy from the crowd is amazing," Murchy added.

feed off依靠…提供的东西维持(生活);从…中取食
例句：When fresh food and water are not available, the camel can feed off its hump.
在没有新食物和水供应时，骆驼从它的驼峰中获取能量。

4. But for the first time, group members brought in a seasoned producer to oversee the work.

bring in把…拿进来, 带进来,引进
例句：The policeman brought in two boys whom he had caught stealing.
警察把两个当场抓获的小偷带到警察局。

5. It's definitely helped you know, for a fan to go and be able to look up a band and be able to basically access their full catalogue before they ever have to buy a record.

look up拜访(某人)
例句：He looked up his old friends during his stay in London.
他在伦敦逗留期间看望了老朋友们。

6. They can decide whether they want to or not.

whether or not是否
例句：We'll go on with the work, whether we can find the necessary tools or not.
不管我们能否找到所需的工具,我们要把这件工作做下去。

7. And it is hard to say over the past 10 years, growing with the changes that the music industry has gone through, what would be different if it was the same.

go through遭受, 经受, 经历
例句：When he was a child, he went through one hardship after another.
孩提时代, 他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

8. And Cory Murchy says the group never set out to have one particular sound.

set out着手, 开始
例句：The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。