和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Foreigners and Americans Flock to Miami

2013-10-14来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Some visitors return to live in the warm weather and the beautiful semi-tropical environment.

live in 存在于…;为…而生存
例句:My friends jenny and danny live in canada.
我的朋友詹妮和丹尼住在加拿大。

2. Together, those neighborhoods make up the area known as Greater Miami.

make up 组成;补足
例句:Real wages and unemployment make up the third.
第三大类则由实际收入和失业率组成。

3. She succeeded in having the Art Deco area added to the National Register of Historic Places.

succeed in 在…(如某行业)中获得成功
例句:Outsiders seldom succeed in turning around a luxury brand.
局外人很少成功使得某一奢侈品牌成功脱困。

4. STEVE KROFT: School board candidate whose legal residence turned out to be a tool shed?

turn out 制造;关灯
例句:None of those assertions turn out to be accurate.
这些断言没有哪一个证明是准确的。