和谐英语

VOA常速英语:Sudanese Activist Artist Breaks Down Borders

2012-03-31来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. In an audio montage of memories from refugees, the sounds of gunfire and explosions mix with crying babies.

mix with (使)与…混〔结〕合
例句:We must mix work with adequate rest.
我们必须劳逸结合。

2. "All it takes is wisdom and I am absolutely sure we can get it back into the box and bind the chains and lock the locks," she said.

get back回到…上来
例句:Things will not get back to normal soon after the earthquake.
地震过后一切都不会马上恢复正常。

3. A new project Mohamed is working on is called "Harbor: Survivors Among Us."

work on致力于…
例句:He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

4. He says he wants to be here to impact discussions taking place at the center of U.S. political power.

take place发生; 举行
例句:The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

5. Ryan Brenner, a student activist and political science undergraduate at George Washington University, met him last year while he was staging a hunger strike across the White House to draw attention to the situation in the border regions between Sudan and South Sudan.

draw attention to吸引注意力
例句:The article was intended to draw attention to the situation in Cambodia.
这篇文章的意图是引起人们对柬埔寨形势的注意。

6. Mohamed discussed with Brenner setting up a fingerprint event as a way to bring diverse people together to discuss issues such as borders, immigration and justice.

set up建立,建造, 创立, 竖立
例句:Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。