VOA慢速英语:Six Men, a World War, a Pacific Island and an Image for All Time

短语讲解：

1. American Marines were trying to capture it.

try to设法（尽力，试图）
例句：Advertisements try to appeal to the masses.
广告谋求吸引大众。

2. The next day, Joe Rosenthal’s film went by airplane to the island of Guam where it was developed and printed.

by airplane搭飞机
例句：He goes to Europe by airplane .
他坐飞机到欧洲。

3. Most decided to print a huge copy on their front page.

front page标题版,头版, 头条
例句：The news appeared next day on the front page.
那则消息次日刊登在头版上了。

4. The flagpole cuts across the photograph.

cut across遮断, 打断
例句：The wall cuts across our line of vision.
那面墙挡住了我们的视线。

5. Many people worried about family members.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句：He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。

6. Joe Rosenthal’s photograph seemed to say: the battle may not be over, but we are winning.

seem to仿佛、好像
例句：  A / The majority of people seem to prefer TV to radio. 
大部分人似乎喜欢看电视而不喜欢听收音机。 

7. Many began to call for a huge statue. President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the Marine Corps to send home the men who had raised the flag.

call for 要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

8. The three men said they had done nothing but help put up a flag.

put up 建立; 竖起
例句：I want to put up a fence between our property and our neighbor's.
我要在我们和邻居的地产之间修道篱笆。

9. But Joe Rosenthal’s photograph was so powerful, nothing would change people's minds.

change one's mind改变主意
例句：She is very firm about it; I can't bend her into changing her mind.
她对此十分坚定, 我无法使她改变主意。

10. In nineteen forty-six, Felix de Weldon started all over again.

all over again (从头)再一次
例句：I'll have to write it all over again.
我得从头再写一遍。

11. And, they take pictures, just as Joe Rosenthal did on February twenty-third, nineteen forty-five.

take pictures照相
例句：The photographer used his flashlight to take pictures of the graduation. 
摄影师用闪光灯照毕业相。