VOA慢速英语:Memorial Day Honors Military Service and Sacrifice

短语讲解：

1. But any time of year, visitors to the nation's capital can see a number of memorials that honor members of the armed forces.

a number of 许多的；一些
例句：A number of studies have reinforced this link.
一些研究更增强了这种联系。

2. He took part in the funerals of presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

take part in 参与
例句：I refuse to take part in such a masquerade.
我拒绝参与这种骗人的把戏。

3. The names of more than fifty-eight thousand Americans killed or declared missing-in-action are cut into the stone.

cut into 打断[扰]；切入
例句：Don't cut into my conversation with my boyfriend.
不要打断我跟我男朋友的谈话。

4. "The only good thing about my fighting in the war was that I was too young to be terrified."

too... to ... 太....以至于不能....
例句：Too tired to fall asleep?
累得睡不着？

5. A federal law passed in two thousand calls on Americans to stop for one minute at three o'clock local time on Memorial Day.

call on 呼吁
例句：We call on interested parties to meet in september.
我们呼吁相关各方于9月份召开会议。