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VOA慢速英语:Lincoln's Cottage: A Visit to a 19th Century Camp David

2013-02-11来源:VOA

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1.In all, more than twenty thousand soldiers were killed or wounded.

in all总共, 合计;总之

例句：There are fifteen books on the first shelf, twenty-one on the second, that makes thirty-six in all.
书架的第一层有15本书, 第二层有21本, 总共是36本。

2.President Abraham Lincoln is fighting to keep the Southern states of the Confederacy from leaving the Union.

keep from阻止; 免于

例句：I don't want to keep you from your work.
我不想耽误你的工作。

Urgent business kept me from attending the meeting.
因有急事我不能去参加会议。

3.Buildings would give way to farmland as he rode north out of the city.

give way to向…屈服,让位于,为…所代替

例句：The storm gave way to bright sunshine.
暴风雨过后出现了灿烂的阳光。