VOA慢速英语:Playing in the Sun and Sea at Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket

2.For most of the year, the population of Martha's Vineyard is about fifteen thousand.

most of  绝大多数
例句： Mostly right, most of the time 
多数情况下，多数是对的 

3. During the summer, more than one hundred thousand people crowd the island. And we do mean crowd.

more than 大于，不只
例句：True friendship is worth more than money. 
 真正的友谊比金钱更有价值。

4.  Look around and you might see some Hollywood stars and other faces of the rich and famous.

look around 向周围看;环视
例句：Feel free to look around. 
请随意到处看看。 

5. Others come by plane. Many visitors return year after year.

year after year 每年,年复一年
例句：Tens of thousands of men, year after year, have travelled southwards to find work.
每年都有好几万人去南方找工作。

6. Some of the fishermen and farmers on the island today are related to the Europeans who settled the land centuries ago.

relate to 有关
例句：His remarks didn't relate to the topic under discussion.
他说的话与讨论的问题无关。

7. The Vineyard part of the name came from the many wild grape vines Gosnold found on the island. Later, King Charles of England gave the island to businessman Thomas Mayhew of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

come from 由…造成, 源自
例句：Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

8. By the middle of the nineteenth century, ships from the American mainland began bringing visitors to the island.

by the middle of 到……中期

9. Signs on some of the houses say they were built as long ago as the seventeenth century.

as long as 长达；只要；如果
例句：I'll stay in Mexico as long as my money holds on.
只要我的钱还能维持一天, 我就在墨西哥待一天。