VOA慢速英语:Farm Near Washington Brings Colonial Times to Life

短语讲解：

1. Tenant farmers did not own the land they farmed but they lived on the property in exchange for some of the tobacco.

in exchange for 交换
例句：We trade in exchange for the goods and services we need.
我们开展贸易是想换取需要的商品和服务。

2. In 1980 the park service decided that they could not keep the park going and the people who worked here and the group of volunteers who loved the place so much got together with the local congressman and worked out an arrangement with the Park Service.

work out 解决; 作出
例句：It couldn't work out.
那是没用的。

3. Park employees arrive in the morning to get ready to represent members of the Thorton family.

get ready to 为......作准备
例句：Before I retired, I helped another three groups get ready to be shipped overseas.
在我退役前，我又帮助了3个战队做好海外航行准备。

4. That’s what we’re planting right now.

right now 立即; 此刻
例句：Your stomach is telling you right now.
你的直觉此刻正在告诉你。