VOA常速英语:Modern-day Treasure Hunters Prize the Hunt

短语讲解：

1. And it is just a kind of neat way of connecting with people, you know, as opposed to sending emails and what-not.

connect with与...联系
例句：Please connect with him soon.
请立即与他联系。

2. I am actually kind of hoping for, like, next time we come, eight or nine notes in there.

hope for希望, 希望得到
例句：We hope for an early spring.
我们希望春天早早到来。

3. The idea caught on and word of other hikers hiding boxes in remote areas with cryptic directions spread through word of mouth.

catch on理解; 变得流行
例句：The new song caught on really quickly.
这首新歌真的流行得很快。

4. Stamps eventually replaced cards. For more than a century, the pastime was limited to a few enthusiasts on the moors.

be limited to被限制在...上
例句：Each customer is limited to four tickets.
每人限购四张票。

5. Its popularity soared thanks to the Internet, which has become the primary means of distributing clues.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning.
幸亏你, 我才没有淹死。

6. "It is kind of like setting up treasure hunts," he says. "It is like a mental activity, a brainy activity."

set up准备; 安排
例句：All the arrangements have been set up for the newspapermen to meet the Queen.
新闻记者谒见女王的所有安排已经就绪。

7. I like people to have an 'aha' experience when they figure it out.

figure out弄明白，理解; 解决;想出
例句：Could you help me figure out this problem?
你能帮我解决这问题吗?

8. "We were letterboxing on Lake Erie and we ended up in a forest area that we probably would not have gone to at all," she says.

end up结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句：How does the story end up?
这篇故事是怎么结尾的?

9. "When you are trying to help someone find your letterbox, you are editing, reading and reviewing everything that you write down on your clue list so that you can help someone come and find your hidden book," Wyman says.

write down写下, 记下
例句：What you've said has been written down.
你所说的一切都被记录下来了。