VOA慢速英语:Zachary Taylor: Brief

短语讲解：

1.He took office in 1849.

take office 就职; 任职; 绾结印绶
例句：When will the new President take office?
新总统什么时候就职。

2.Taylor had some things in common with earlier presidents.

in common with 和…一样
例句：He had very little in common with his sister.
他和姐姐几乎没有什么共同语言。

3.By the time Zachary was a young man, his family owned a number of enslaved people and over 4,000 hectares of land.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：We had to face up to a number of seemingly contradictory concerns.
我们不得不正视若干看起来相互矛盾的问题。

4.Taylor took possession of some of his family’s land. He also had cotton plantations in the southern states of Mississippi and Louisiana.

take possession of 占领， 夺取
例句：We should go up and take possession of the land
我们应该北上占领那片土地。

5.He also had cotton plantations in the southern states of Mississippi and Louisiana. He, too, depended on enslaved people to do most of the work.

depend on 依赖; 相信; 信赖
例句：Our desired expenditures depend on our national income.
我们所需的支出取决于我们的国民收入。