VOA常速英语:Unwanted Music is Noise Pollution to Some

pick out挑选, 选择; 选拔
例句：They have picked out the best items on the menu.
他们从菜单上选出最好的菜。

2. You go out to dinner and end up in a place where the management thinks more music will stimulate conversation or your appetite.

end up结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句：If you don't work hard, you'll end up nowhere.
如不努力工作, 你就一事无成。

3. Then a strolling mariachi band or a guy playing the violin comes around.

come around开始接受; 理解
例句：Don't expect too much of me. I need time to come around to this new idea.
不要对我期望太高。我需要时间接受这一新思想。

4. Even the U.S. government considers this “noise pollution,” especially when the music is cranked up.

crank up做好准备；着手行动
例句：He instructed his staff to crank up for an all-out fight against the nomination.
他指示手下工作人员做好准备，全力以赴反对这项提名。

5. The latest warning reads:  “Sound becomes unwanted when it either interferes with normal activities such as sleeping, conversation, or disrupts or diminishes one’s quality of life.

interfere with干预, 阻挠, 妨碍, 阻止
例句：The noise interferes with my work.
这噪音妨碍我的工作。

6. When it comes to their space, many people prefer a third option: peace and quiet.

when it comes to当提到……；当谈到……
例句：When it comes to German, I know nothing.
谈到德语,我一窍不通。