VOA慢速英语:AMERICAN HISTORY: Eighteenth Century Conflicts in Europe Affect North America

短语讲解：

1. When Britain and France started fighting each other, some Indians helped the British. Others helped the French.

each other 互相，彼此
例句：You two know each other?
你们两个互相认识？

2. For example, there was no religious freedom.

for example 例如
例句：We have, for example, adopted payment by installments.
比如说：我们采取分期付款。

3. All settlers in French territories had to be French and belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

belong to 属于
例句：They don't belong to anybody.
那些信息不属于任何人。

4. In seventeen fifty-four, the governor of Virginia sent a twenty-one- year-old colonist named George Washington to tell the French to get out.

get out 出来
例句：The air is stifling here; let's get out.
这里的空气令人窒息；我们出去吧。

5. Fort Carillon was strong enough that the smaller French force was able to defeat the larger British force. The British withdrew, but attacked again the next year.

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

6. They took control of the lands that had been claimed by France.

take control of 控制
例句：Don't iet her take control of the conversation.
不要让她控制话题。