注釋:① disappear vi. 消失;失蹤;不復存在
vt. 使…不存在;使…消失
例句:
1. If the sun were to disappear, what would the earth be like?
萬一太陽消失了,地球會變成什么樣子?
2. Red squirrels disappear inside trees, frogs go deep under the mud, and many other animals dig tunnels in the earth.
紅松鼠藏到樹里面去了,青蛙鉆入泥土的深處,而許多其它的動物,則在地里挖坑道。
② emerge vi. 浮現;擺脫;暴露
例句:
1. New problem emerge as they discus further.
隨著他們討論的深入新的問題也冒了出來。
2. A multitude of heroic figures emerge.
大量英雄人物出現了。
③ aftermath n. 后果;余波
例句:
1. Life was much harder in the aftermath of the war.
戰禍之后,生活艱苦多了。
2. If one delays cutting till an advanced state of maturity, aftermath growth will be slow.
如果等到成熟后期再收割,以后的牧草生長將變得緩慢。
句子講解:
1. The mountain peaks that existed on the young Rocky Mountains were rounded off as rivers and streams eroded the rock.
【結構簡析】"rounded" 是形容詞“圓形的;豐滿的;全面的”的意思。在這里“off ”是“離開;脫落”的意思,所以就可以翻譯成瘦,因為是山峰的形狀,所以可以譯成“瘦骨嶙峋”。
【參考譯文】 在落基山脈的山峰顯得那么的瘦骨嶙峋,原因是河流和溪流不停地侵蝕著這里的巖石。
2. Instead of rolling hills, there are rugged mountains with steep and jagged cliffs.
【結構簡析】"rolling hills"變成了"rugged mountain","instead of "后面接比較的成分。
【參考譯文】這兒不是連綿起伏的丘陵,而是陡峭的懸崖和鋸齒狀的峭壁。