VOA慢速英语:Bicycling Brothers Search America for Community Spirit

短语讲解：

1. But, first, we take a road trip with two bicycling brothers who are searching for community spirit in America.

road trip开车旅行
search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：They searched all the drawers for the missing paper.
他们翻了所有的抽屉找寻那份遗失的文件。
community spirit团队精神

2. Two American brothers are riding bicycles across the country in search of community.

in search of寻找
例句：They set off in search of the lost child.
他们出发去寻找走失的孩子。

3. Since November, the Hussins have met Americans living in eco-villages, where people share values and responsibility in caring for the environment.

care for牵挂, 注重
例句：We must care for each other and help each other.
我们要互相关心, 互相帮助。

4. They wanted to show how some Americans are turning away from years of globalization.

turn away from对…感到厌恶; 放弃, 抛弃, 脱离
例句：He turned away from his old friends.
他抛弃了他的老朋友们。

5. Small communities are falling apart, whether it’s towns that are losing their industry or whether it’s just people choosing the life in suburbs where there isn’t the cultural infrastructure to bring people together.

fall apart散开, 崩溃, 破碎
例句：This cup just fell apart in my hands.
不知怎的, 我手里的这只杯子破碎了。

6. Noah Hussin says the people at the urban homestead taught them how to find food instead of buying it.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…
例句：Shall we have fish instead of meat today?
今天我们不吃肉吃鱼好吗?

7. Tim Hussin says he and his brother are discovering ways of living that are very different from how they were raised in Florida.

be different from与…不同
例句：My idea is different from yours.
我的想法跟你的不同。

8. Still all these paths leave out many people who want a green card. So, each year the United States carries out a lottery that provides about fifty thousand green cards to lucky winners.

carry out执行; 贯彻
例句：If you make a promise, it should be carried out.
你许了诺言, 就一定要兑现。

9. The lottery is open to all of Africa and Europe except for Poland and Britain.

except for除…之外
例句：Except for smoking and drinking, he is a thrifty man.
除了抽烟、喝酒, 他是个生活节俭的人。

10. The State Department website says no money is necessary to take part in the lottery program.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

11. Moby has also published a book of photography to go along with the music on the album.

go along with一起去,赞同,附和
例句：I think I would go along with that.
我想我会赞同这事的。