每天一起练口语(115)----自然现象(1)
分类: 英语学习方法
应用会话部分:
五、生活的表达:
1. 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。
*seem 和 look like, appear 一样,指“外表是~”之意。
五、生活的表达:
1. 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。
*seem 和 look like, appear 一样,指“外表是~”之意。