VOA慢速英语:Get Your Kicks on Route 66

短语讲解：

1. In Oklahoma, many poor families lost their farms because of dust storms.

because of 因为，由于
例句：I'm here because of you.
我来这儿是因为你们。

2. In 1939, John Steinbeck wrote about these families in "The Grapes of Wrath."

write about 写…的事，写到…
例句：I think everyone can write about themselves.
我想人人都可以写自己。

3. More than 300,000 people live there.

more than 不只是; 很; 超过; 在…次以上
例句：More than 1000 turned up.
最后共有1000多人出席。

4. We stop near the city of Amarillo to look at some unusual art that celebrates Route 66.

look at 看; 评判
例句：Look at our verse today.
看我们今天的章节。

5. We pass through some of the most beautiful country in the Southwest.

pass through 经过;  通过; 经历
例句：Attendees must pass through airport-like security.
参加者必须通过机场式的安检。

6. We continue on our trip, driving on a winding road up and down the Black Mountains.

up and down 上上下下; 起落
例句：Walk up and down the hotel halls.
在宾馆大厅里来回的走走。

7. Today Oatman still looks like it did in the past.

look like 看起来与（某人或某物）
例句：This is starting to look like a revolution.
这开始看起来像是一场革命。