注釋:① reveal vt. 顯示;透露;揭露;泄露
n. 揭露;暴露;門側,窗側
詞組:
reveal itself v. 呈現,出現;被認知
reveal all 顯示全部(計算機操作命令)
例句:
1. Your list will reveal your true feelings.
你的列表將要揭露你真實的感受。
2. These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination.
這些計劃顯得毫無想象力。
② scratch n. 擦傷;抓痕;刮擦聲;亂寫
adj. 打草稿用的;湊合的;碰巧的
vt. 抓;刮;挖出;亂涂
vi. 抓;搔;發刮擦聲;勉強糊口;退出比賽
例句:
1. I had to scratch my head to remember his name.
我只想苦苦地回憶他的名字。
2. He began to scratch along for himself at an early age.
他從很小的時候起就開始自己掙飯吃。
③ come across v. 偶遇;無意中發現;講得清楚明白;給人……印象
例句:
1. I have come across a curious plant.
我發現一種珍奇植物。
2. He come across this in a curio shop.
他在一個古玩店里偶爾發現了這個。
句子講解:
1.The only force that could have produced this fine parallel scratches on the rock is ice, and lots of it.
【結構簡析】這里的"that"是定語從句,修飾前面的"force"。
【參考譯文】唯一能夠產生這種精細的平行的劃痕,就只能是冰,而且是大量的冰。
2. This is evidence that a massive wall of ice covered this part of the Rockies and shaped the Mountains.
【結構簡析】 這里的"that"引導的是名詞性從句,真正的主語是后面的 "a massive wall of ice"。
【參考譯文】這可以向我們證明,曾經有大規模的冰墻覆蓋了這部分的落基山脈然后雕琢了這里。