VOA慢速英语:Lee Surrenders! … 150 Years Ago

短语讲解：

1. Lee’s side, the south, included many large farms that depended on slave labor.

depend on 依赖; 相信
例句：You can depend on this newspaper.
你可以依赖这家报纸。

2. Even though Lee was not wealthy, he belonged to a famous family.

belong to 属于
例句：I belong to no party. 
我不属于任何派别。 

3. But he, like the north, was able to use the resources he had in a new way to achieve success.

be able to 能够
例句：The car would be unlikely to be able to make the turn. 
汽车未必能作这样的转弯。 

4. When it became clear that Lee could not continue to fight, the two generals agreed to meet in a house in a Virginia town called Appomattox Courthouse.

agree to 同意
例句：We cannot agree to consign the goods. 
我们不同意寄售此货。 

5. Mr. Ward points out the conditions discussed only military issues.

point out 指出
例句："No matter who point out our shortcoming, we will correct them." 
不管谁指出我们的缺点，我们都改正。 

6. He said the two sides were no longer enemies, and the best way to show the North’s joy was not to celebrate the South’s defeat.

no longer 不再
例句：She no longer probed her reasons. 
她不再去探究自己的理由了。