VOA慢速英语:Vermont is Small in Size, Big in Beauty

短语讲解：

1. Only about 600,000 people live in Vermont. 

live in 住在学习[工作]的地方; 住在（某地）
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. What Vermont lacks in size, it makes up for in beauty.

make up for 补偿，弥补
例句：Her beauty can't make up for her stupidity. 
她的美丽不能弥补她的愚蠢。 

3. The name comes from the Green Mountains, which divide the state up and down the center. 

come from 来自
例句：Ambient noise may come from any direction. 
外界噪声可以来自任意方向。

4. Trees were being cut down for farmland and forest products faster than they could be replaced.

cut down 裁短; 减少
例句：Cut down on newspapers newspapers serve their own end.
减少看报纸的时间报纸都是服务于自己的终端的。

5. The French explorer arrived at the lake in 1609.

arrive at 到达; 来到
例句：I arrive at my hotel late in the evening.
傍晚时分，我到达了预定的酒店。

6. Each year more than 100,000 people visit the farm which overlooks Lake Champlain.

more than 超过; 在…次以上
例句：China has more than 1000 steel mills.
中国的钢铁企业超过1000家。

7. The bears can come specially dressed -- for example, for events like weddings, birthdays or holidays.

for example 例如， 譬如
例句：For example, it can easily remember such things as: 
例如，它可以轻易地记住下面这些信息。 

8. And speaking of music, if you’ve been wondering about the song we’ve been playing from time to time, perhaps you’d like to imagine a large full moon rising over the Vermont landscape…as songs writers John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf must have done.

from time to time 不时，偶尔
例句：From time to time the ads refer to reality. 
有时候，广告也反映实际。