妙語(yǔ)佳句:

原文:Rather than suffering the extreme environment in which they live.

解析:rather than:而不是 ，與其 ... 倒不如

The police suspect foul play rather than suicide.

警方懷疑是謀殺不是自殺。

suffer:通常指非自愿或被迫忍受各種痛苦、困難或不快，強(qiáng)調(diào)受到苦難。

It will be unjust to let me suffer for the folly of other people.

讓我因他人的愚昧而受罪是不公平的。

原文:The wild life and people of Turban have found innovative ways to cope with conditions beyond the Wall.

解析:find way to:到達(dá)(進(jìn)行)

Try to find your own way to express the idea.

盡量用你自己的語(yǔ)言來(lái)表達(dá)這個(gè)意見(jiàn)

解析:cope with:對(duì)付, 應(yīng)付, 處理

I'm afraid I can't cope with this problem.

恐怕我應(yīng)付不了這個(gè)問(wèn)題。

原文:But in the fifth century the Silk Road fortunes took a turn for the worse.

解析:take a turn:轉(zhuǎn)變(轉(zhuǎn)機(jī), 變更)

I trust that things will take a turn for the better in the near future.

我期待著在不久的將來(lái)事情會(huì)有所轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)。

原文:Even when Marco Polo passed along the Silk Road in the 13th century.

解析:pass along:沿 ... 而過(guò)

The procession passed along the street.

游行隊(duì)伍沿著街道前進(jìn)。

考考你：

但并非所有聚居地都像吐魯番一樣富饒。

絲綢之路上最負(fù)盛名的城市卻掙扎著生存了下來(lái)。

上期答案:

And it's famous in China for an unexpected product

But how on Earth can a water-hungry crop grow in such abundance