VOA慢速英语:Secret to Avoiding Summer Crowds in Washington: Wait for Fall

短语讲解：

1. This area is between two streets named for states in New England: Massachusetts Avenue and Connecticut Avenue.

name for以…的名字起名
例句：The college is named for George Washington.
学院以乔治．华盛顿的名字命名。

2. The ambassador lives in the residence while embassy business takes place in the chancery.

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。

3. A building that houses the Embassy of Indonesia, for example, was known for many years as the Walsh mansion.

be known for因…而众所周知
例句：The islanders are known for their hospitality.
岛上的居民以好客闻名。

4. He served as the country’s first ambassador to the United States.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：The general had served as a soldier in the earlier war.
在早期的战争中, 这位将军曾当过士兵。

5. On the embassy grounds a bronze statue of Winston Churchill welcomes visitors and people passing by on the street.

pass by经过; 过去
例句：She passed close by me without a sign of recognition.
她与我擦肩而过, 却没认出我。

6. Next, we leave Embassy Row and head for Washington's historic Georgetown neighborhood along the Potomac River.

head for朝…进发
例句：He put on his coat and headed for the door.
他穿上大衣向门口走去。

7. Those talks led to the United Nations, which was established in nineteen forty-five.

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。

8. Almost all of the sculptures in the garden were made from limestone from the state of Indiana in the Midwest.

be made from由…所做成的
例句：Paper is made from rags.
纸是由破布制成的。

9. The park has about eighty overlooks where you can pull your car off the road and enjoy a view of nature in all its autumn beauty.

pull off把(机动车)开到路旁停车处(或路边)；把(车、船等)开离
例句：The boat pulled off from the shore.
这条船驶离海岸。