情景英语:生活英语应用会话(五八)
Creation/Destruction (1) 1) Did you watch the new office building being built? 你看过在建设中的新的办公楼吗? * office 之后之所以接 being built,主要因为是指“在建设中”。 2) The racer's car burst into flames just as he had crawled out.当赛车手爬出车子后不久,汽车就爆炸燃烧了起来。 * burst 是爆炸的意思,有强调其突然和猛烈的作用。 3) Insecticides destroy many harmful bugs.杀虫剂能驱除许多害虫。 * destroy 是被灭尽、扑灭,和 damage 等不同,具有完全破坏之意。 4) The young wheat sprouted quickly after the rain.雨后,新鲜的麦芽迅速的长了出来。 * sprout 用于指植物长出新芽。 e.g. Brussels sprout. 芽孢。 5) Eugene could create beautiful images with his paints.尤金能够把美丽的形象用画笔画出来。 6) Slowly, mountains are worn away by the wind.山体逐渐被风化了。 * 使用 wear 表示疲倦时,可以用“I'm worn out.”表达。 7) The chemist discovered a new synthetic material.化学家发现了新的复合物质。 * discover 除了 find out 以外,也有“知道”的意思。 e.g. I discovered I was wrong.我知道我错了。(这是一个常用句) 8) Don't drop that bottle on the floor.别让那只瓶子掉到地上。 9) He uses clay to form images of people.他利用粘土造各种的人像。 * organize, construct, constitute 等和 create 具有同样意思,但并不含有创造性的意义。 |