妙語佳句:

The poles are permanently capped with ice.冰天雪地是兩極永恒的主題

cap with:覆蓋

Her teeth were capped with silver.

她的牙齒是包了銀的。

Her umbrella is capped with a glass knob.

她的傘的頂端裝有一個玻璃圓頭。

those rays that do strike the surface are mostly reflected back from this great whiteness.即使光線到達了地表大部分也會被這白茫茫的冰雪反射回去

reflect from:從...反射

The heat reflect from the white sand forme a mirage.

熱氣經白色的沙面反射形成了蜃景。

The light is reflected from the moon.

光從月球反射出來。

This frozen world begins to melt away.這個冰凍的世界開始融化

melt away:(使)融化, (使)消散

the sorrow that you know will melt away.

你所知的悲傷將會融化。

The beautiful actress made my heart melt away.

那位漂亮的女演員使我神魂顛倒。

考考你:

冰天雪地是兩極永恒的主題。

太陽的直射角度很小，鮮有陽光照射下來。

上期答案:

and yet, the icy worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic are as alien to most of us as the surface of another planet.

These are places that feed our imaginations,places that seem to be borrowed from fairy tales.