妙語佳句:

原句：For the moment,at least.

For the moment:暫時, 目前

For the moment we cannot supply your requirement from stock.

目前我們沒有現貨供應你方的需求。

at least:至少

He should at least have come to say good-by.

他至少也該來道個別(然而卻沒來)。

原句：Close to the summit of Mount Everest,a forest of ice once covered much of the area.

close to:接近于

The hounds are getting close to their quarry.

獵狗正在接近獵物。

原句：What happens to it today,in time,will affect us all.

in time:及時

I'd hope that he'll arrive in time.

我希望他可以準時到達。

原句：Within the next 30 years,it's predicted that 80% of the Tibetan glaciers could disappear.

predict:意為“預言”，“預告”，指將來有可能發生但是現在尚未發生的事情，因此謂語時態要遲一步于主語時態。

錯句: Biologists are predicting that they have been able to alter genes and control heredity.

糾正: Biologist are predicting that they will be able to alter genes and control heredity.

翻譯: 生物學家預言他們有能力改變基因，控制遺傳特征。

分析: 賓語從句中謂語動詞時態要遲一步于主語的時態。

上期答案:

Kailash is so sacred that it has never been climbed.

For Tibetans,pilgrimage is a journey from ignorance to enlightenment.