妙語佳句:

They have to turn back if they can no longer reach the air如果它們得不到所需的空氣。

turn back:折回, 返回

Soldiers barred the road so we had to turn back.

士兵擋住了去路，我們只好折回。

She go forward a few yards, checked and turn back.

她向前走了幾碼，突然停住腳步又返回來。

no longer:不再

These conditions no longer obtain.

這些條件已不復存在了。

We are a people no longer subject to foreign rule.

我們是一個不再受外國統治的民族。

Few of us will ever experience this strangely-still world,鮮有人有機會探索這個極度寂靜的世界

few of:少量的

Not a few of my friends are vegetarian.

我朋友中不少人吃素。

Few of the early manuscripts have been preserved.

早期的手稿保存下來的不多。

考考你:

鮮有人有機會探索這個極度寂靜的世界。

如果它們得不到所需的空氣它們就得返回。

上期答案:

the most spectacular seasonal change occurring anywhere on our planet.

Humans have long felt the lure of this mysterious world