VOA慢速英语:The Ambitious Guest by Nathaniel Hawthorne

短语讲解：

1. The family lived in an especially cold and dangerous spot.

live in 住在学习[工作]的地方; 住在（某地）
例句：We used to live in Shanghai but now we live in Beijing.
我们以前住在上海，但现在住在北京。

2. They enjoyed each other's company, and often had visitors.

each other 互相
例句：All things are interrelated and interact on each other.
一切事物互相联系并相互作用。

3. While he ate, he talked freely to the family, as if it were his own.

as if 好象
例句：He looked as if he were offended.
看来好象有人触犯了他似的。

4. "It is better to sit here by the fire," she whispered, "and be happy, even if nobody thinks of us."

think of 想起; 考虑; 有…想法;
例句：I blush to think of such conduct.
想起这样的行为,我感到羞愧。

5. The next morning, smoke was seen coming from the chimney of the house on the mountain. Inside, the fire was still burning.

come from 源自; 来自某处; 出生于
例句：Dreams come from within, not from the outside.
梦由内心产生，非来自外界。