妙語佳句:

原句:Thanks to the annual monsoon,the whole landscape is covered in lush forest

thanks to:歸功于

Thanks to your timely intervention.

多虧你及時調停。

cover in:遮蓋住(填滿)

When the storm broke,we took cover in a tool shed.

風雨襲來時，我們躲在一個工具棚里。

原句:As the Yarlung River cuts through the mountains,it's created the world'sdeepest gorge,three times deeper than America's Grand Canyon.

cut through:穿透

The cold wind cut through his thin clothes.

寒風穿透他的單薄衣衫。

three times deeper:三倍的深度(在幾倍后如果跟的是形容詞，形容詞要用比較級)

This street is three times wider than that one.

這條街比那條街寬三倍。

He studies more than three times as hard as I.

他用功的程度是我的三倍還不止。

原句:This vast and mysterious place provides a vital clue to Tibet's importance for the rest of the world.

provide a clue:提供線索

We kept our eyes skinned for anything that might provide a clue to the mystery.

我們一直注意尋找可能解開這個謎的任何線索。

原句:Thanks to this, over a billion people from India to Burma benefit from the monsoon rain that this wind brings with it.

benefit from:從 ... 得到好處

She obtained maximal benefit from the course.

她從該課程中獲益極大。

考考你:

多虧了季風的幫助才使這個地方蒼翠繁茂。

雅魯藏布江從山巒間穿過形成了世界最深的峽谷。

上期答案:

This change is illustrated in the fortunes of the chiru.

A century ago,millions migrated across the plateau.