VOA慢速英语:National Parks Called America’s Best Idea

短语讲解：

1. He is known for the battle sites and forts he built during the American Revolution.

be known for 因…而众所周知
例句：The truth will not be known for years.
几年中没人会知道真相。

2. Some are historic sites in the middle of busy cities.

in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：I left in the middle of my lesson!
我课上到一半就离开了!

3. It looks like a huge green table, a “mesa verde” in Spanish.

look like 看起来像
例句：What do you look like?
那你看上去像什么？

4. It rises more than 540 meters above the floor of the valley.

more than 不只是
例句：More than 100 people were wounded.
爆炸还造成100多人受伤。

5. Visitors can drive up to the top of Mesa Verde on a winding mountain road.

drive up 驱车来到；使…上升
例句：The flooding has helped drive up coal prices.
洪灾等因素推高了煤炭价格。

6. Some of the ruins in the Four Corners area belong to the earliest people who lived there.

belong to 属于
例句：The only organization you belong to for life is yours.
在生活中，你唯一的归属便是自己。

7. The area is filled with wildlife and colorful flowers.

fill with （使）充[挤]满；使满怀（某种情感等）
例句：The caisson would fill with oil from the leak.
沉箱将装满泄露处的原油。

8. Let me point out that we bears were here before you rangers, and we made out okay.

point out 指出，把注意力引向…；提示；点明；指明
例句：I have something to point out.
有些地方我要指出来。