VOA慢速英语:A Visit to the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina

短语讲解：

1. They made their money in shipping and railroads.

make money挣钱
例句：His single aim was to make money.
他的唯一目标是挣钱。

2. He chose to spend a good deal of that money building his home in North Carolina.

a good deal of许多，大量
例句：He gave me a good deal of trouble.
他给我添了大量麻烦。

3. Our car has just turned off one of the main roads in the city of Asheville, North Carolina.

turn off拐弯；转入另一条路
例句：They turned off at the foot of a hill.
他们在山脚下拐弯了。

4. The sides of the road are lined with trees.

line with布满
例句：His face was lined with wrinkles.
他的脸上都是皱纹。

5. Strange stone creatures look down from the top.

look down俯视
例句：Look down the valley, what a magnificent view!
往山谷下看看吧，景色那么壮丽啊！

6. The first is made of glass and black iron.

be made of用…造成(用于原材料显而易见的场合)
例句：Most furniture is made of wood.
大部分家具是木制的。

7. We pass through it to a second door.

pass through经过, 通过
例句：She said she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me.
她说她要路过巴黎, 想跟我聊一聊。

8. The walls are covered with cloth pictures, flags, and the heads of wild animals.

be covered with盖着,覆着
例句：The garden is covered with weeds.
院子杂草丛生。

9. The Vanderbilts employed about eighty people to take care of the house.

take care of照顾
例句：They appointed her to take care of that old man.
他们委派她照顾那位老人。

10. This area has several separate small rooms where guests could change into swimming clothes.

change into (使)变为
例句：Ice changes into water rapidly on a hot day.
天气炎热的时候, 冰很快就化为水。

11. And the cow barn was turned into a building for making wine.

turn into (使)变成
例句：The old building was turned into a library.
这座旧房子被改作了图书馆。

12. One of Mr. Olmsted's first projects at Biltmore was to plant and grow the millions of flowers that would be used for the gardens there.

be used for用来做…
例句：Tallow can be used for making soap .
动物脂可以用来做香皂。

13. Today, Biltmore belongs to the grandchildren of George Vanderbilt.

belong to属于
例句：Does this house belong to Mr. Winter?
这幢房子是温特先生的吗?

14. Visitors help pay the cost of caring for and operating it.

care for照料, 服侍
例句：That ancient temple looked well cared for.
那座古庙看来保存得很好。