VOA慢速英语:American History: Life Slowly Returns to Normal in US in Years after World War Two

短语讲解：

1. Life in the United States began to return to normal.

return to normal恢复正常
例句：Car sales spike in this month, but will return to normal next month.
这个月汽车销售猛增，但是下个月就会恢复正常。

2. At the same time, other changes began to take place in society. Many Americans were no longer satisfied with their old ways of life.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。
be satisfied with对…感到满意
例句：Such a most talented person as he shouldn't be satisfied with what he is.
像他这么有才华的人不应满足于现状。

3. Say, how many are you planning on?

plan on打算
例句：Do you plan on staying here another year?
你打算在这里再待上一年吗?

4. Young families would buy the houses with money that they borrowed from local banks.

borrow from从…借入; 借用
例句：She used to borrow money from her friends.
她常向她的朋友们借钱。

5. Manchester wrote, Families moving in found that their new friends were happy to help them get started.

move in搬进, 迁进
例句：We can't move in until next month.
我们直到下个月才能搬进去。

6. With the prosperity of peacetime, many Americans visited auto dealerships for the first time in years, to replace that tired family car with something more up to date -- even luxurious.

for the first time第一次
例句：They starred her for the first time.
他们第一次让她当主角。
up to date最新式的, 现代化的
例句：The car is a beauty and quite up to date.
那辆车子很漂亮是最新款的。

7. Post war prosperity also led Americans to replace outdated home appliances, buy a new refrigerator, or a television set.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。
home appliances家用器具

8. Over at competitor General Electric, actor Ronald Reagan -- later the fortieth president of the United States -- and often referred to as the Great Communicator, was for many years an effective commercial spokesman every week on the GE Theater.

refer to as被称为, 被认为
例句：People who work in offices are usually refer to as "white collar workers".
那些在办公室工作的人被称为“白领工人”。

9. In the past, most came from northern and western Europe.

come from出生于; 来自某处
例句：What part of South America did she come from?
她出生在南美洲的哪个地方?

10. One reason is because populations are used to decide how many members each state will have in the House of Representatives.

be used to do被用来做……
例句：Osier is used to make baskets.
柳条常用来编筐。