VOA慢速英语:History and Nature at Dry Tortugas National Park

短语讲解：

1. Ponce de Leon was an older man, who was searching for special water that stories said would make him young again.

search for 搜索，搜寻; 访求
例句：The search for peace also means the search for justice.
寻求和平也意味着寻求正义。

2. Thousands of turtles lived on the islands.

thousands of 数千的
例句：A computer consists of thousands of components.
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。

3. Ponce de Leon was able to capture many of these creatures to provide meat for his ship’s crew.

be able to 能够; 能，会
例句：He will be able to take up his normal routine shortly.
他不久就能处理日常事务。

4. In 1821, the United States took control of Florida and its islands.

take control of 控制
例句：It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.
就像校园里的恶霸会欺负比他小的孩子。

5. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life doing hard labor at Fort Jefferson.

be sentenced to 被判处……
例句：It's unfair for me to be sentenced to spending my lifetime in poverty.
我一辈子要受穷这实在不公平。

6. Most of them held huge guns that pointed out to the sea.

point out 指明; 指出
例句：Please don' t take it amiss, if I point out your errors.
假如我指出你的错，请别见怪。

7. Of course, soldiers no longer greet them when they arrive at Fort Jefferson. 
 
no longer 不再，已不
例句：He could no longer hold back his tears.
他再也忍不住自己的眼泪。

8. Most people know that the doctor did not end up spending the rest of his life in the Fort Jefferson prison.

end up （以…）结束; 最终成为[变得]; 最后处于
例句：You'll end up in the business, which is where you belong anyway.
你还是进工商界谋个立身之地为好，你本来就是买卖人家出身嘛。