VOA慢速英语:American History: Colonizing Expands in the American Northeast

短语讲解：

1. They wanted to change the church to make it more holy -- more pure, in their eyes. The Puritans were able to live as they wanted in Massachusetts.

be able to 能够
例句：I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism. 
我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。 

2. By sixteen ninety, fifty thousand people were living in Massachusetts.

live in 居住
例句："I was born in the east, but now live in Los Angeles." 
我出生于东部，但现在住在洛杉矶。

3. Puritans thought their faith was the only true religion and that everyone should believe in it.

believe in vt. 相信
例句：He does not believe in fate. 
他不相信命运。 

4. Americans were wrong, too. But he did not believe in trying to force others to agree with him.

agree with 同意
例句：I agree with you to some degree. 
在某种程度上我与你意见一致。 

5. Then he declared that the European settlers were stealing land that belonged to the Indians.

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

6. In sixteen fifty-five, the governor of New Netherland took control of a nearby Swedish colony on Delaware Bay.

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