VOA慢速英语:150 Years Later, US Still Debate Issues That Fueled Civil War

短语讲解：

1. They wanted to continue their economic system based on agriculture and slavery.

base on 以…为基础，立足于
例句：One should always base one's opinion on facts.
我们应总是把自己的观点建立在事实的基础上。

2. One of the first battles took place at what is now Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.

take place 发生，产生，举行
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则发生在地球的极深处。

3. RAY BROWN: "You can imagine the impact that this would have on whole communities throughout the country and why there would be such passions that have been passed on from generation to generation even at the remove of one hundred fifty years."

pass on 传递，传授
例句：We should pass on the fine tradition of hard struggle from generation to generation. 
我们应该把艰苦奋斗的优良传统一代一代传下去。 

4. I think it is important to look back at this particular war, because it is what made our Union.

look back 回顾，追忆
例句：We look back over all that has happened during the last year. 
我们回顾了在过去一年中所发生的一切。

5. He says observances of the fiftieth anniversary centered on the sacrifices of the two sides.

center on 以…为中心，重点在于…
例句：All his attention has centered on that experiment.
他的全部注意力都集中在那个实验上。

6. KEVIN LEVIN: "Americans, I think, were more interested in remembering a war that united Americans rather than divided Americans."

be interested in 对…感兴趣
例句：I would be interested in a ten-day trip around Christmas time. 
我有兴趣在圣诞节前后去玩10天。