VOA慢速英语:Memorial Day Honors Soldiers Who Died for America

短语讲解：

1. Sometimes a horse without a rider also takes part in a funeral.

take part in 参加…，参与…活动
例句：The community members who take part in the study circles.
参与这项研究会一部分工作的社区成员。

2. The names of more than 58,000 Americans killed or declared missing-in-action are cut into the stone.

more than 不只是; 很; 超过; 在…次以上
例句：Margaret needed support more than ever. 
玛格丽特比以往更需要关心。

3. Almost any time of day, you can see people looking for the name of a family member or friend who died in the war.

look for 寻找
例句：The searcher fannned out to look for the missing boy. 
搜寻者散开去找那个丢失的男孩。 

4. Inside the memorial, the stories of women in wartime are cut into glass panels.

cut into 打断[扰]; 切入
例句：A loud voice cut into their conversation. 
一个很响的嗓音突然插进他们的讨论中去。

5. On two tall arches appear the names of where the fighting took place.

take place 发生
例句： Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则发生在地球的极深处。 

6. "The only good thing about my fighting in the war was that I was too young to be terrified."

too...to...太…以致不能…
例句：It's too early to tell.
现在做判断还为时过早。