VOA慢速英语:Mesa Verde National Park: Protecting the Culture of Ancient Native Americans

1. Today we tell about a large National Park established toprotect the culture of ancient Native Americans.

tell about 讲述
例句：The witness was telling about the whole accident.
目击者正在讲述整个事故的过程。

2.  The high, flat mountaintop is covered with many green juniperand pinon pine trees.

cover with 用......覆盖
例句：cover with flour, as of fish or meat, in cooking. 
烹饪时在鱼或肉上覆盖面粉。 

3. The two men came to the edge of a deep canyon. 

the edge of ......的边缘
例句：Don't put the clothes on the edge of the bed. 
不要把衣服放在床边上。 

4. It was suspended in the middle of the rock wall.

in the middle of 在.....之中
例句：The Sun sets, so to speak, in the middle of the sky. 
可以这样说，太阳从中天落下。

5. It looked as if the people who had lived there had just walkedaway, leaving everything they owned.

as if 犹如;好像
例句：She treats him as if he were a stranger.
她待他如陌生人。
walk away 走开
Turn aBout and walk away slowly. 
例句：转过身慢慢地走开 

6.  Local officials tried to prevent him from removing so manyobjects.

prevent from 阻止;制止
例句：Nothing can prevent him from going.
什么都不能阻止他前往。

7. The Indian men gathered in the kivas for special ceremonies.

gather in 收集
例句：This enabled us to gather in the summer crops in time. 
这使我们及时搞好夏收。

8. Visitors must climb down into the canyon on a narrow path withmany steps.

climb down　爬下
例句：Please climb down. 
请爬下来。