VOA慢速英语:The Missouri is America’s Longest River

1. Today, we tell about another important American river, the Missouri.

tell about 告诉（某人）有关…的情况
例句：What would he tell about now?
他现在会说些什么？

2. This is because it carries huge amounts of dirt from the land through which it flows.

amounts of 大量
例句：Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of information.
激光磁盘能够贮存大量信息。

3. It is formed by three rivers that come together in what is the north central state of Montana.

come together 会面；汇集
例句：The parallels seem to come together in the distance.
平行线在远处看上去似交合在一起。

4. The two men also returned with a lot of information about the different Indian nations of the West.

a lot of 很多
例句：What happened? We heard a lot of yelling.
发生了什么事？我们听到许多争吵声。

5. She could help them deal with the Shoshone tribe when they left the river and crossed over the tall, rough mountains.

deal with 处理
例句：I will deal with him later.
我会对付他嘛。

6. On the east side of the river, the explorers found Indian woodsmen living in tents hidden among trees.

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

7. It is said that you need to look in the middle of the Missouri River to find where the American West begins.

in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：They are boating in the middle of the lake.
他们正在湖中间划船。

8. Today, boats continue to carry goods and people up and down the  Missouri River as they have for centuries.

up and down 上上下下；起落
例句：He started pacing up and down the office.
他开始在办公室里来回踱步。