VOA常速英语:Oscar-nominated Music Helps Movies Soar

play a role in在……扮演一个角色，在某方面起作用
例句：The headmaster plays an important role in the good running of a school.
办好一所学校, 校长起重要作用。

2. With "War Horse," this is done through sustained harmonies, broad sweeping orchestrations, sweeping melodic lines, or even with folk-like melodies imposed on the harmonies.

impose on把…加于
例句：The government imposed a heavy tax on luxury goods.
政府对奢侈品课以重税。

3. Williams garnered another bestsScore nomination for "The Adventures of Tintin," an animated blockbuster based on a Belgian comics series.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：The play is based on a novel by Graham Greene.
这个剧是根据格雷厄姆•格林的一本小说改编的。

4. He'll leave a bit of a hole for the sound of gunshot or a hit to a face or a crash, and then he’ll come in with a statement rather than, as many composers do, try to compete with the sound.

come in来到, 到达; 上市
例句：As soon as the fresh vegetables come in, we put them on sale.
新鲜蔬菜一到, 我们就上架开卖。

5. Sometimes, highbrow musical ideas can be used to good effect by Hollywood, as in the case of "Hugo."

in the case of至于…, 在……的情况下, 就…来说, 就……而言, 对……而言
例句：It's the kind of story we think of as myth. But in the case of Lincoln, the story is true.
我们把这类故事视为神话, 但就林肯来说, 这故事却是真实的。

6. Film composer Wendy Blackstone has scored for eight Oscar nominees over the years.

score for因…而批评(某人); 把…改编为…
例句：Critics scored him for his foolishness.
评论家批评他愚蠢。

7. “It has repetitive clauses in it that give a lulling kind of center to it which we can attribute to Terry Riley, Philip Glass and these forerunners of that kind of music," Blackstone says.

attribute to把某事归因于某人〔某事〕
例句：He attributes his success to working hard.
他认为他的成功是艰苦工作的结果。

8. It’s a mostly silent film, set during the late 1920s and early '30s, when silent films were giving way to the talkies.

give way to让路,让步
例句：We refused to give way to their demands.
我们拒绝对他们的要求让步。

9. You are not worried about dialogue or train wrecks or gunshots or door slams or car squeals.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句：He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。

10. And I felt that this composer did a very diligent job of not taking shortcuts, of giving every scene its due, of somehow staying within that period without making it sound like we are listening to old music.

sound like听起来像
例句：What he said sounded like a fairy tale.
他说的听上去简直像一篇神话。