VOA常速英语:Chocolate as a Lifestyle

in addition to除…之外，还……
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外，他还得学日语。

2. Esther Alpert comes in a couple of times a week.

come in进来, 进入; 来到, 到达
例句：The door opened and the teacher came in.
门开了, 老师走了进来。

3. Offering the best chocolate from around the world is what Frances and Ginger Park had in mind when they opened the first independent chocolate shop in the nation's capital 28 years ago.

have in mind记住，考虑到，想到
例句：What color do you have in mind?
你想要什么颜色的呢？

4. "We grew up on some very fine chocolate because our dad worked for the World Bank and would bring back European chocolate in suitcases when we were very young," said Frances Park.

grow up长大, 成熟
例句：Tom wants to be a coach when he grows up.
汤姆长大后想当教练。

5. When their father died in his mid-50s, the sisters grew closer and decided to go into business together.

go into从事
例句：They want their son to go into medicine.
他们要儿子从事医学工作。

6. She remembers all the, you know, I feel like family here.

feel like想要…
例句：Do you feel like going to a movie?
你想看电影吗?

7. Their first, award-winning book, My Freedom Trip, is based on their mother's escape from North Korea when she was a teenager.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

8. "We wanted to write the book as a tribute to our mother and her mother, and also perhaps to give children an idea of the price that other people had pay for freedom," said Frances Park.

pay for因…受罚〔痛苦〕; 为…付出代价
例句：You'll have to pay for your crime.
你得为你的罪行付出代价。

9. It is actually about the ups and downs of two sisters who have always been very close, who went from being very young girls to being not very young girls, but still smiling.

ups and downs盛衰;沉浮
例句：The company has undergone many ups and downs.
这家公司历经盛衰浮沉。

10. For the Park sisters, their little shop is packed not only with chocolate, but also with memories.

pack with用…充满
例句：He packed a briefcase with what might be required.
他把所有可能需要的东西都装进公文包。