VOA慢速英语:Community Gardens Grow Green Space in New York City

短语讲解：

1. But, New York is also home to hundreds of community gardens filled with all kinds of crops.

fill with 充满
例句：The sky filled with stars.
满天星斗。

2. He is digging in the soil at the 113th Street Play Garden in Manhattan.

dig in掘土把...埋起来
例句：We should dig those young trees in a bit deeper.
我们应该把小树埋得深一些。

3. We have plenty of concrete.

plenty of 许多，大量的
例句：There is plenty of coal in this area.
这个地区有丰富的煤。

4. When we moved to the city, I was glad to find on this block that there was a little garden where we could become involved, where my son could experience digging and growing things.

be glad to do 高兴做…
例句：I am glad to hear that.
听到这一点我很高兴。

5. Catherine Wint says volunteers supervise and care for the gardens.

care for 照顾，照料
例句：The mother cared for the sick child day and night.
母亲日夜照料着生病的孩子。

6. It’s different than a park, in that sense, because individuals in a community garden have to have a relationship and they have to work democratically and they have to come up with procedures to enable them to share this very small space in a way that’s going to benefit everyone.

come up with 想出，提出
例句：I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.
我希望你们能提出一个比这个更好的计划。

7. You have to give back to Earth.

give back 归还，恢复
例句：The gold ring should be given back to the owner.
这枚金戒指应该还给失主。

8. Leidyonor Muniz Quinones wants to hear about George Washington’s Patowmack Canal.

hear about 得悉，听说
例句：Weeks passed, and we still heard nothing about them.
好几个星期过去了, 我们还没听到他们的消息。

9. Its Great Falls area is famous for powerful currents that flow sharply downhill.

be famous for 因…而闻名
例句：Spain used to be famous for its strong armada.
西班牙曾以其强大的舰队而闻名。

10. The locks raised or lowered the water in the canal to permit the boats to pass by the dangerous falls.

pass by 经过，过去
例句：She passed close by me without a sign of recognition.
她与我擦肩而过, 却没认出我。

11. She and Union Station decided to take a break from recording so that she could rest and recover.

take a break 休息一会
例句：We can take a break tomorrow.
我们明天可以休息一下。