VOA慢速英语:Death Valley: A Beautiful but Dangerous Place

短语讲解：

1. The sun can heat the ground so that the temperature of the rocks and soil can be as high as seventy-four degrees Celsius.

so that结果, 以致
例句：Everyone lent a hand, so that the work was finished ahead of schedule.
每个人都帮了忙, 所以工作提前完成了。

2. In many areas of Death Valley it is easy to see where the ground has been pushed up violently by movement deep in the Earth.

push up推上去; 增高, 提高
例句：If you can't ride your bike to the top of the hill, you'll have to push it up.
如果你没有办法把车骑到山顶, 那么你得把车推上去。

3. Other areas of rock look as if some huge creature violently broke and twisted the Earth to create unusual, sometimes frightening shapes.

as if好像, 似乎, 仿佛
例句：Why doesn't she buy me a drink? It isn't as if she had no money!
她为什么不给我买一点饮料?好像她没钱似的!

4. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did.

in a hurry匆忙，急于
例句：He was in a hurry to go home.
他急着赶回家。

5. They did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, but there was still an extreme lack of water.

lack of缺乏
例句：Water is a lack of this region.
这个地区缺水。

6. Slowly, they began to suffer from a lack of food.

suffer from因(疾病)而痛或不舒服;因...而更糟;受...之苦
例句：She often suffers from headaches.
她常常头痛。

7. To survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the Valley
.
walk out走出去
例句：The man who has just walked out is Tom.
刚才走出去的那个人是汤姆。

8. The castle is named for Walter Scott, called Scotty by his friends
.
be named for以……命名
例句：The college is named for George Washington.
学院以乔治．华盛顿的名字命名。

9. Perhaps he felt better because of the clean mountain air.

because of因为
例句：Because of the storm he didn't go there.
因为暴风雨他没有去那儿。

10. Whatever it was, Albert Johnson fell in love with Death Valley.

fall in love with爱上
例句：He has fallen in love with Mary.
他已爱上了玛丽。

11. Mister Johnson never told anyone it was just a story made up by Death Valley Scotty.

make up编造
Tom makes up stories to amuse his little brother.
汤姆编故事逗他的小弟弟。