VOA慢速英语:National Parks Traveler Relives History in Southeastern US

短语讲解：

1. He imagined what the area must have looked like more than a century and half ago.

look like 看起来与（某人或某物）相像[相似]
例句：You look like a nice upstanding young man.
你看起来像是一个正直的好青年。

2. It was under siege at one point for 17 months.

at one point 一度; 在某一刻
例句：At one point we quarrelled, over something silly
我们一度为一件愚蠢的小事吵了起来。

3. There he had a chance to learn about Charles Pinckney, who helped write – and was a signer of -- the U.S. Constitution.

learn about 获得，学得; 得知有关…的消息
例句：He was deeply grieved to learn about his teacher's death.
他得知老师去世的消息，非常难过。

4. The National Park Service helps care for what remains of Pinckney’s former home and farm.

care for 照料; 喜欢; 愿意
例句：They hired a nurse to care for her.
他们雇了个护士来照顾她。

5. “So all within the Charleston, South Carolina, area you have these three sites now that are really related to either America becoming America, or America figuring out who America is…”

figure out 想出; 解决; 计算出
例句：It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment
他们花了大约1个月的时间才搞清楚如何启动设备。