VOA慢速英语:Springtime in D.C.

短语讲解：

1. So far it’s been great, I mean a lot of people from different places, we’ve met a lot of different people.

a lot of 许多的；诸多
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。

2. That lets their teachers and guides count heads, and make sure nobody gets lost.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：Make sure you fully get it.
确定你能完全得到这些信息。

3. At that time the blossoms look like they do on postcards. 

look like 看起来像
例句：1What does it look like?
你觉得看起来像什么？

4. At the Tidal Basin, visitors from all over the world are moving along the sidewalk and between the graceful trees.

all over the world 全世界；举世；五洲四海；普天之下
例句：We have friends all over the world.
我们的朋友满天下。

5. Their branches appear to reach out to the people.

reach out （使）伸出
例句：Think you can reach out?
你觉得你能拉到援手?

6. The animals are permitted so long as they are on a leash.

so long as 只要
例句：They are tolerable so long as tomorrow is better.
只要明天会更好，这一切就都可以忍受。

7. Major events have taken place around this monument and the long Reflecting Pool.

take place 发生，举行；来
例句：Where were you? Where did it take place?
你当时在哪儿?在哪儿发生的?

8. I have a dream, that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal.

rise up 耸立； 上升
例句：I felt a blush rise up my face as I looked at my hands.
我感到我的脸红晕上升，正如我在我的手看了看。

9. …that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down at the table of brotherhood.

be able to 能，会；能够；克
例句：We hope you'll be able to attend.
我们希望你能够前来参加。

10. King seeming to look out into a future that his life and work continue to help build.

continue to 继续
例句：Premiums will continue to skyrocket.
保险金额依旧会高速上涨。