VOA常速英语:Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls

stand out突出; 显眼, 引人注目, 脱颖而出
例句：The bold print stands out very well.
黑体字非常醒目。

2. “It’s important that the children understand the connection between the food that they eat, the soil, the air, the pollution, how all this is connected to their well-being,” she says.

connect to使与…连接
例句：The island is connected by a steamer service to the mainland.
轮船航运把该岛与大陆联系起来。

3. It may not be like fun, fun, but it is fun because you’re learning and not like writing something out on a piece of paper.

write out写出, 写完
例句：The boy was kept in school, writing out lines for the teacher.
那男孩放学后被老师留了下来抄写诗行。

4. “Instead of feeling down when I have to eat vegetables, I feel happy," John says.

instead of(用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：We went to the Biology class instead of attending the English lesson.
我们去上生物课而不去上英语课。
feel down感到情绪低落，沮丧
例句：I feel down today.
我今天情绪低落。

5. Alston agrees, “You connect with the earth where the food comes from.”

connect with与…连接
例句：The living room connects with the toilet.
客厅与卫生间相连。
come from来自，源出；产自
例句：From this area come most of our best potatoes.
我们最好的马铃薯大部分是这个地区生产的。

6. So our idea was growing food in a community, and showing that you can have farms, even in urban areas, redefines what’s possible in that area, in that community and brings people together.

bring together使相识; 使坐在一起; 使会面
例句：The opposing forces on the island have been brought together for peace talks.
岛上的敌对势力已经坐下来进行和平磋商。

7. When they leave, she wants neighbors to take away more than vegetables.

take away把…带走; 使离开
例句：They took the injured away in an ambulance.
他们用救护车把受伤的人运走。

8. Sixteen chest-high wooden bins are filled with worms deployed to turn food waste into compost.

fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The hall was filled with persons welcoming him.
大厅里挤满了欢迎他的人。
turn into (使)变成
例句：The old building was turned into a library.
这座旧房子被改作了图书馆。

9. When people come and look at this obviously we show them a technique, and close the circle and bring the food back from being food to composted and then use it on the farm, back to growing vegetables.

bring back带回(某人或某物); 还回(某物)
例句：On your way home from your aunt's, will you bring some coffee back?
你从姑母家回来时, 买点儿咖啡带回来好吗?

10. So, once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bicycle to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.

pick up拾起, 捡起; 抬起
例句：I picked up your book by mistake.
我拿错了你的书。