VOA慢速英语:Visiting the Beautiful Missions Along California’s Coast

短语讲解：

1. King Charles and his advisors decided that the farming settlements would begin with churches called missions.

begin with以…开始, 从…开始
例句：The teacher began his class with a question.
老师以一个问题开始他的讲课。

2. Large rooms inside and along the wall served as bedrooms, cooking areas, workshops, and classrooms.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用。

3. Critics say many Native Americans were forced to work at the missions.

work at从事于…, 致力于…
例句：Is Tom still working at the new book that he promised?
汤姆仍在埋头撰写他曾允诺的那本新书吗?

4. Some did not want to change the way they lived so they moved away from the missions.

move away离开
例句：Losing interest, the crowd moved slowly away.
群众失去了兴趣, 逐渐散开了。

5. Many Native Americans believed they would be forced into a new way of life.

force into强迫(某人)做(某事)
例句：She was forced into leaving the country.
她被迫离开那个国家。

6. Junipero Serra was responsible for building nine of the missions.

be responsible for为…负责,形成…的原因
例句：She is responsible for sales promotion
她负责推销工作。

7. In seventeen eighty-four, Junipero Serra died of tuberculosis at mission San Carlos.

die of死于
例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
死于癌症的人越来越多了。

8. Many visitors come to the missions to see the beautiful buildings.

come to来到(某地)；参加(某活动)
例句：As he came to a bridge, he heard a truck approaching.
在他来到一座桥头时，他听见一辆卡车驶来。

9. Each year, on the same day, at almost the same hour, thousands of birds called swallows return to the mission.

return to返回到…; 归还；送还
例句：The property returned to the original owner.
财产已归还原主。