妙語佳句:

the caterpillar has not yet got enough reserves to transform itself into a moth.毛蟲卻還沒有足夠的儲備來轉(zhuǎn)化成蛾。

turn into:變成

The whole thing turned into a bitter quarrel.

整件事釀成了激烈的爭吵。

Caterpillars turned into butterflies.

毛蟲會變成蝴蝶。

so it settles down beneath a rock.所以只好在一塊巖石下面躲了起來。

settle down:安下心來, 定居

He's of an age when he ought to settle down.

他已經(jīng)到了應(yīng)該安頓下來的年齡了。

He's just a drifter he can't settle down anywhere.

他不過是個流浪漢－－哪兒也呆不住。

It ceases to breathe, and its body starts to freeze--停止了呼吸，身體開始結(jié)冰。

cease to:停止

You will cease to fear if you cease to hope.

絕望無畏懼。

When shall I cease to regret you?

什么時候我會不再為你感到惋惜呢?

考考你:

毛蟲卻還沒有足夠的儲備來轉(zhuǎn)化成蛾。

它向來是積雪融化后第一個出現(xiàn)的昆蟲，它為做到這一點所付出的努力令人驚異。

上期答案:

the breaking sea ice make the Arctic Ocean teem with life.

The shoals can be enormous, some containing 500 million fish,