VOA慢速英语:American History: The Shot Heard Around the World

1. Jayne Gordon, the director of education and public programs at the Massachusetts Historical Society, explains the mood at the time.

at the time 当时
例句：I was trying to quit smoking at the time.
当时我正在努力戒烟。

2. One of these laws closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for.

pay for 偿还
例句：I'm afraid you have to pay for it.
恐怕你得赔偿了。

3. Historian Gordon Wood says they helped unite all the colonies against Britain, even though not everybody approved of the Boston Tea Party.

approve of 赞成
例句：I really don't approve of that.
我真的不赞成。

4. They said the people of the colonies must have the right to take part in any legislative group that made laws for them.

take part in 参与
例句：I refuse to take part in such a masquerade.
我拒绝参与这种骗人的把戏。

5. Years later, he would say that by the time the meeting took place, the American Revolution had already begun.

take place 发生
例句：Filming is to take place mostly in china.
电影大部分情节发生在中国。

6. There are two rivers that come together to form another river.

come together 聚会，相见
例句：Learning english makes us come together.
学习英语让我们走到了一起。

7. From Lexington, the British marched to Concord, where they destroyed whatever supplies the colonists had not been able to save.

be able to 能够
例句：We'll be able to smooth away these difficulties.
我们能够克服这些困难。

8. But in the end they were proud of it.

be prond of 自豪，高兴
例句：He may well be proud of his son.
他很可以因他的儿子而自豪。