1.as large as 像...一樣大

例句：Satellites as large as UARS re-enter Earth's atmosphere about once a year.
每年幾乎都有一顆像UARS這麼大的衛星重返地球大氣層。

2.Ice Age 冰河時期

例句：Whether the decreased solar activity was somehow responsible for the little ice age is still unknown.
太陽活動的衰減是否會以某種方式引起小冰川期，還是個未知數。
3.be scoured by 被...所侵蝕（腐蝕）

例句：She burned reeds into ashes to fill up ravines and gullies that were scoured out by floods.
她又將蘆葦燒成灰燼，把泛濫洪水的溝壑填平。

4.marine climate 海洋性氣候

例句：Due to the marine climate, Zhuhai suffers scarcity of river water and the backflow of seawater especially during the period from October each year to March of the next.
由于珠海深受海洋氣候影響，每年十月至翌年三月之間，河流水稀少，海水倒灌。