注釋:① unique adj. 獨特的,稀罕的;[數] 唯一的,獨一無二的
n. 獨一無二的人或物
例句:
1. Sometimes you can be too unique for your own good.
有時候為了自己的利益,你可以與眾不同 。
2. He's caught the unique opportunity.
他抓住了那唯一的機會 。
② flank n. 側面;側翼;側腹 vt. 守側面;位于…的側面;攻擊側面
vi. 側面與…相接 adv. 在左右兩邊
例句:
1. Our orders are to attack their left flank.
我們的命令是攻擊他們的左翼 。
2. A number of men were detached to guard the right flank.
派遣了一些士兵守衛右翼.
③ puzzle vt. 使…困惑;使…為難;苦思而得出
vi. 迷惑;冥思苦想 n. 謎;難題;迷惑
例句:
1. He was deep in a book and she in a crossword puzzle.
他沉浸在書本中,而她在專心思考一個縱橫字迷的難題 。
2. I could not puzzle out his intentions.
我琢磨不出他的意圖 。
句子講解:
1. In this episode, we investigate the formation of the Rockies, the North American mountain range shrouded in mystery, flanked by huge slabs of rocks with ancient sea fossils buried high in its slopes, and crowned by jagged peaks that geologists believe were once double the height they are today.
【結構簡析】這句話的長度可不小,文中用了shrouded、flanked 、crowned這三個分詞來說明 the North American mountain是怎么樣的情況,也間接說明了the Rockies的情況是那樣的神秘,經過了漫長的進化形成了今天的獨特的樣子
。【參考譯文】在這里,我們調查落基山脈的形成,這個獨特的北美山脈有著一層神秘的面紗,古海的化石埋在山坡兩側巨大的巖石磚中,這些山峰是鋸齒狀的,地質學家們認為這里的高度曾經是今天的兩倍
。2. It's the longest chain in North America, and the third longest in the world, stretching over 3,000 miles, from New Mexico, through Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, and north into Canada.
【結構簡析】這里用了兩個longest的最高級,把落基山脈分別在北美洲和世界的山脈做了一個比較,并介紹了大致的地理情況
。【參考譯文】在北美,它的山脈延綿地非常長,世界第三,有3000多公里,從新墨西哥州到科羅拉多州,經過懷俄明州和蒙大拿州以及它的北部經過加拿大的邊境
。