VOA慢速英语:Children’s Story: ‘John Henry’

1. After a hard day’s work, people gathered to tell each other stories.

each other 互相
例句：They pelted each other with snowballs.
他们用雪球互相投击。

2. Before then, the same trip might have taken up to six months.

take up 占用
例句：You footballers take up a lot of his time.
你足球占用了他大量时间。

3. He became a free man as a result of America’s Civil War. Then, he worked for the railroads.

work for 效力
例句：I'd love to work for the company.
我愿意为公司效力。

4. People still talk about the night John Henry was born.

talk about 讨论，谈论；考虑（做…）；
例句：Be this the book you talk about the other day?
这是你前几天谈到过的那本书吗？

5. John Henry grew up in a world that did not let children stay children for long.

grow up 向上生长；长大；
例句：I want grow up crazily!
我要疯狂的生长！

6. The boy picked up a small piece of steel and a workman’s tool, a hammer.

pick up 拾起
例句：He bent down to pick up his gloves.
他弯身拾起他的手套。

7. The crowd shouted as clouds of dust came from inside the mountain.

come from 来自
例句：I come from the south of china.
我来自中国的南方。