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VOA慢速英语:Getting Your Kicks on Route 66

2012-07-03来源:VOA

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词汇讲解：

1. establish 建立;设立
例句：Our hospital was established in 1950.
我们的医院建于一九五○年。

2. terrible adj. 可怕的,吓人的
例句：It was a terrible blow to him.
这对他是一个可怕的打击。

3. dust n. 灰尘,尘土
例句：His clothes were covered with dust.
他衣服上全是灰尘。

4. explore vt. 探测;探勘
例句：They explored this desert region in 1923.
他们于一九二三年在这荒漠地区探险。

5. condition n. 情况
例句：What's the patient's condition?
病人的情况如何?

6. interstate n. 【主美】州际公路
例句：Previously, only interstate sales were subject to federalprice controls.
在此以前，只有州际间的交易才受联邦价格控制的支配。

7. desert n. 沙漠;荒野
例句：The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.
该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的"绿洲"。

8. tide n. 潮,潮汐;潮水
例句：The tide is in.
涨潮了。