每日对话围绕一家人在美国50个州的旅行见闻展开。请来跟随他们一起体验地方风情和历史。这个对话系列适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。
今天，这家人来到田纳西州(Tennessee)的孟菲斯（Memphis），参观摇滚歌手埃尔维斯·普雷斯利(Elvis
Presley)的故居“雅园”(Graceland)。
音频地址：https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Day-24-Were-Going-To-Graceland.mp3
Sam: Let
me get this straight:
Elvis bought Graceland when he was only 22 years
old?
Claudine: That’s right. He was already quite famous by that time.
He bought this house and the grounds in
1957.
Gina: He was already starting to become an
American legend.
Sam: I hope I can have a legion of
fans by the time I’m 22.
Paul: I think you should graduate from high school first. Now,
should we take a tour of the house first? Or do you want to see
the meditation
garden?
Gina: Let’s take the tour first. I’ve read that they
have state-of-the-art iPad
tours.
Claudine: And then we can walk through the meditation garden and
see the gravesite of
Elvis.
让我们复习一些词语：
Elvis
Presley：埃尔维斯·普雷斯利，美国摇滚歌手及演员，常被称作“摇滚乐之王”
(摇滚乐可写成“Rock and roll” 或 “rock ’n’
roll”)。普雷斯利出生于1935年，于1977年去世。
Let me get this
straight的意思是，说话人要确切弄明白或说清楚某事。
grounds：(用复数形式) 房宅周围的花园或土地等
A legend ：一个传奇人物
A legion ：一大批
A meditation
garden ：静思园，一种供人安静思考和放松的花园，通常有花草树木，曲径步道，喷泉和座椅等。
State-of-the-art ：（用作形容词）技术或设备最现代、最先进的
A gravesite ：墓地。To
bury someone:埋葬某人，为某人下葬。
Everyday conversations: We’re going
to Graceland [audio]
This series
of Everyday
Conversations is about a family traveling
to each of the 50 states in the U.S. Join the family members as
they learn about local pastimes and history. These conversations
are for intermediate-level English-language learners or
higher.
In this conversation, the family visits Graceland, the former home
of musician Elvis
Presleyin Memphis, Tennessee.
Audio：https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Day-24-Were-Going-To-Graceland.mp3
Sam:
Let me get
this straight: Elvis bought Graceland when he was only 22
years old?
Claudine: That’s right. He was already quite famous by that time.
He bought this house and the grounds in
1957.
Gina: He was already starting to become an
American legend.
Sam: I hope I can have a legion of
fans by the time I’m 22.
Paul: I think you should graduate from high school first. Now,
should we take a tour of the house first? Or do you want to see
the meditation
garden?
Gina: Let’s take the tour first. I’ve read that they
have state-of-the-art iPad
tours.
Claudine: And then we can walk through the meditation garden and
see the gravesite of
Elvis.
Now let’s review the vocabulary.
Elvis
Presley was an American musician and
actor. He is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll.”
(“Rock and roll” can also be written as “rock ’n’ roll.”) Presley
was born in 1935 and died in 1977.
The phrase let me get this
straight means to correctly understand
something or clarify something.
The land or gardens around a large building are called
the grounds. When used in this
way, grounds is always
plural.
A legend is a
very famous person who is admired by many people and is often known
for doing something very well.
A legion is a
very large number of people.
A meditation
garden is a garden area designed for
relaxation. Meditation gardens can have plants, flowers, walkways,
fountains, areas to sit, etc. A meditation garden is a peaceful
place that people can visit to think and relax.
State-of-the-art is
an adjective used to describe something that has the most modern
technology or methods at the present time.
A gravesite is
the place where a dead person is
buried. To
bury someone means that a person who is no
longer alive is placed in a grave (a hole in the ground that is
covered with dirt after the body is placed in it).
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