VOA慢速英语:1890’s Gold Rush!

短语讲解：

1. We tell about the thousands of people who traveled to Alaska and on to Canada hoping that they would become rich.

thousands of 数以千计
例句：Thousands of frauds are committed every year.
每年有数以千计的诈骗案。

2. All you had to do was pick up the gold from the ground.

pick up 捡起
例句：Pick up that rubbish this instant!
马上把垃圾捡起来！

3. The first ship carrying the gold seekers arrived in the port town of Skagway, Alaska on July twenty-sixth, eighteen ninety-seven.

arrive in 到达
例句：When do they arrive in madrid?
它们什么时候到达马德里？

4. It was summer and the weather was warm.  However, they found few places to live in Skagway.

live in 居住
例句：I used to live in london.
我过去一直住在伦敦。

5. Many gave up and went home.

give up 放弃
例句：You must give up the idea.
你必须放弃这个念头

6. One of these companies continued to make a profit digging gold until nineteen sixty-six.

continue to 继续
例句：And we will continue to do so.
我们会继续做下去。