VOA慢速英语:The Declaration of Independence - Program No. 12

短语讲解：

1. But citizen soldiers in each of the thirteen American colonies were ready to fight.

be ready to 预备，即将
例句：Some may still be ready to cut deals with mr saleh.
他们中的一些可能仍然准备和萨雷先生讨价还价呢。

2. Who was going to organize the colonists into an army?

be going to 要，会，将要
例句：They tend to be going to school.
他们都将去上学。

3. He seemed to know more than any other colonist about being a military commander.

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

4. He was tall, he was very elegant, very well put together.

put together 组成整体
例句：They are then put together in a number of ways.
随后各层面以不同的方式迭放在一起。

5. The answer is that most of the members of the Congress -- and most of the colonists -- were not yet ready to break away from England.

break away from 脱离（政党等），打破
例句：You must break away from that organization.
你必须脱离那个组织。

6. "The paradox is, even though the American forces are defeated and forced off the hill, nevertheless the British casualties are so high it is at least a moral victory."

at least 至少
例句：Read at least 30 books.
至少读30本书。

7. Yet, not everyone in the former colonies agreed with the decision. That will be our story next week.

agree with 与某人[观点]一致， 同意[赞同]某人的意见；与…相符
例句：Do you agree with our assessments?
你同意我们的评价吗？