VOA慢速英语:Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957: She Wrote Nine “Little House” Books About Pioneer Life

短语讲解：

1. You have to go to sleep.

go to sleep睡着
例句：Go to sleep now; it's late.
快睡吧, 很晚了。

2. They drove away and left it lonely and empty in the clearing among the big trees, and they never saw that little house again.

drive away 驱车离开
例句：He drove the car away.
他开车走了。

3. She wrote nine “Little House” books that take place in the mid eighteen hundreds.

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

4. Laura’s father was always looking for a better job, or better land to settle on.

look for寻找(某人或某物)
例句：Some birds are looking for food.
有些鸟在寻找食物。
settle on决定, 选定
例句：Now that the meeting place has been settled on, can we talk about the agenda?
既然会议的地址已经定了, 我们能不能商谈议事日程?

5. A year and a half after that, Laura gave birth to a baby girl. They named her Rose. 

give birth to 生
例句：She gave birth to a fine healthy baby.
她生了一个健康可爱的婴儿。

6. She learns how to grow crops and prepare for a cold winter.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：Every day they are talking about peace but actually preparing for war.
他们每天都在谈论和平, 但实际上却在准备战争。

7. Was someone trying to break in and rob them?

break in闯入
例句：We were watching TV when he broke in.
我们正在看电视, 他突然闯了进来。

8. They run out of wood to burn for heat.

run out of用完，耗尽
例句：We have run out of sugar.
我们的糖用完了。

9. They have been translated into forty-five languages.

translate into (把…)翻译成…
例句：He translated what I said in English into Chinese.
他把我用英语说的译成汉语。

10. Outside the sky was full of stars.

be full of充满
例句：Vegetables are full of vitamin.
蔬菜里含有丰富的维生素。