VOA慢速英语:Hungry for Wealth, Gold Seekers Once Rushed to Canada’s Northwest

短语讲解：

1. The men were using large steel pans to search for gold.

search for 搜寻
例句：Their search for the plane is fruitless.
他们对飞机的搜寻是毫无结果的。

2. Niles Anderson came off the ship Portland with one hundred twelve thousand dollars in gold.

come off <非正>成功；举行
例句：The film doesn't quite come off.
这部电影不很成功。

3. They were only two men among more than one hundred who left the ships with huge amounts of money.

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

4. To earn the one hundred thirty thousand dollars that Clarence Berry took off the ship, that man would have had to work for two hundred fifty years!

take off 起飞，出发
例句：The accident happened as the jet was about to take off. 
喷气式飞机正要起飞时出了事故. 

5. It was just lying on the ground.

on the ground 地上
例句：I sat on the ground late in the cool air. 
迎着凉爽的晨风我坐在地上。

6. They were only interested in selling books.

interested in 对……感兴趣
例句：I'm not interested in politics.
我对政治不感兴趣。

7. The stampeders were in a hurry.

in a hurry 匆忙
例句：She cut corners going to work in a hurry.
她匆忙抄近路去上班。