情景英语:生活英语应用会话(五四)
Nature (1) 1) Oh no! It’s starting to rain.哦,糟了!开始下雨了! *“好像就要下雨了”是说做 It seems likely to rain. *“已经下了一段时间”说做 It’s raining. 2) The thunder claps really scare the children.打雷(的声音)真的会吓坏小孩子的。 *clap 用作动词时是拍手之意,名词则指“轰”的响声,thunder claps 是雷鸣。 *scare 是“startle, frighten”之意,在这里是作 frighten 之意解。 *Don’t be scared. 不必怕。这一句在日常生活中经常使用。 3) Look! Lightening has struck the tree and it’s on fire.瞧!闪电划下来,引燃了树木。 *促人注意时,正如同“Look! What you’ve done!”(瞧!你干的好事!)一般,常用“Look!” 4) The water has risen over the riverbank.洪水溢过了防堤。 *The river is rising. 则指河水涨高了。 5) The flood has left many people homeless.许多人因洪水而失去了家园。 6) These buildings are supposed to be earth quakeproof.这些建筑物是耐震建筑才对。 *“……proof”是“耐~”的意思。fireproof building 是“耐火建筑”。 7) One woman, in Peru, was saved from an earthquake by lying between two mattresses.秘鲁的一位妇女,躲在垫子之间从地震中死里逃生。 *save from 是指从危险、灾难、毁誉等之中获救。 8) Hawaiians are used to the rumblings of the volcano.夏威夷的人已经习惯于火山的爆发声了。 9) In Arizona, the stars seem very bright.在亚利桑那州,星星看起来格外明亮。 |