VOA慢速英语:The Indiana Dunes: Ancient Hills of Sand on Lake Michigan

1.  Other dunes may be building right now.

right now 现在
例句：John cannot get to the phone right now. 
John现在没办法接电话。

2. The Indiana state government and the federal government control more than six thousand hectares of land along the lake. 

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

3. Supervision by these agencies guarantees that the land will always belong to the public.

belong to 属于
例句： I belong to no party. 
我不属于任何派别。

4.  The wind and waves of Lake Michigan created the dunes over thousands of years.

thousands of 成千上万
例句： A computer consists of thousands of components. 
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。 

5. It was thinking about soldiers and military supplies.

think about 考虑
例句：He never think what others think about him. 
他从来考虑别人对他的看法。 

6. Public support for a protected dunes park continued to grow,however.

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨. 

7. They wanted much more land along the lake protected from being used for more factories and industrial ports.

protect from 保护
例句：The plants should be protected from the cold.
应该保护这些植物使之不受冻。

8. Local people tell about a mysterious woman who once lived in a small house not far from Mount Baldy.

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。
far from 完全不
例句：His work is far from satisfactory.
他的工作完全不令人满意。