S1-11 China Civilization 《中國文明》
重點詞匯:
1.mobilize::vt.動員;調動,鼓動起
【同】assemble (v.集合)
【固】~ troops/a team 動員軍隊/團隊
【形】mobile (a.移動的)= mobi + lize
2.compress:vt.(外力)壓緊,壓縮(強調形態的縮小,壓縮)
【同】condense, squeeze (v.擠)
【固】~ a file 壓縮文件
【根】(press)= 壓;com + press(一起+壓)
condense:v.(使)壓縮,(使)精簡
3.irrigate:vt.灌溉,滋潤
【同】water
【固】~ the wheat field 灌溉麥田
【形】ir + ri + gate
irrigation:n.灌溉
~ system 灌溉系統
原音重現:
N:To build this dam, thousands of people must have been mobilized. It must have stretched over 2.5 kilometers, and it must have risen tens of meters high. The compressed earth dam wall created a lake whose waters irrigated the whole plain.
(為了建造這座水壩,上千人被動用。水壩當時一定超過2.5公里那么寬,高幾十米。壓實的土壩圍出一條湖,湖水灌溉了整個平原。)
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