VOA慢速英语:Children’s Story: ‘Pecos Bill’

settle in (使)开始在…居住
例句：We are settled in our new home.
我们住进了新房。

2. "Pack up, Ma!" he cried.  "Neighbors movin' in fifty miles away!  It's getting' too crowded!"

pack up打包; 收拾
例句：Let's pack up and get ready to start at once.
让我们收拾好行李, 准备马上出发。

3. Mother set off with some of the children to look for Bill, but they could find no sign of him.

set off出发, 动身
例句：He proposed to set off immediately.
他建议立即动身。
look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

4. "You're a cowboy!  So start acting like one!" the cowboy cried out.

cry out呼喊, 尖叫
例句：She cried out that she had lost her purse.
她高喊钱包丢了。

5. One day he heard about a rough group of men.

hear about得悉, 听说
例句：I have never heard about such a man.
我从未听说过这样一个人。

6. So Bill set out across the rough country to find this gang of men.

set out动身, 出发
例句：A visitor arrived just as we were setting out for the airport.
我们正要前往机场时来了一位客人。

7. There was a huge battle, but Bill took control of the big cat and put his saddle on it. 

take control of掌管
例句：There must be someone who can take control of these naughty children.
应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子。

8. Now, when Bill saw the gang he shouted out, "Who's the boss around here?"

shout out大声叫喊; 喊着宣布
例句：They shouted out the results of the game.
他们高声宣布比赛的结果。

9. He got that name because any man who rode that horse would be thrown off and killed and his wife would become a widow.

throw off摆脱
例句：It took me a week to throw off my cold.
我的感冒过了一周才算好了。

10. Somehow the two came to rest on the moon.

rest on接触到; 达到; 朝向; (使)落在…上
例句：His eyes rested on the peaceful valley below.
他的目光落在下面宁静的山谷中。