妙語佳句:

the mineral wealth has given rise to large cities.豐富的礦物質推動了大城市的發展。

give rise to:使發生；導致

Many of these obligations can give rise to problems and complications.

許多這樣的義務會引起各種問題和糾紛。

Such conduct might give rise to misunderstandings.

這種做法很可能引起誤會。

The ice must be cut away from their hulls船身上的冰層必須被切掉。

cut away:切掉, 切除 (1.move quickly to another scene or focus when filming 2.remove by cutting off or away)

We must cut away the diseased branches from the trees.

我們得把有病害的樹枝剪除。

They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.

他們把樹上的枯枝通通砍掉了。

Fuel freezes in the tanks of the trucks,and has to be melted in a rather alarming way.卡車油箱里的燃料結了冰只能用一種令人膽寒的方式解凍。

rather:相當, 有點兒

1.rather than和more...than的比較：前者表示“與其……倒不如……”，后者表示“更……比起……”，注意詞組more...than中的than前面不可以加上rather。

He depends on you rather than on me.

He depends more on you than on me.

他依賴你勝過依賴我。

2.在rather加形容詞再加名詞的結構中，冠詞a置于rather前后都可以，如a rather big dog和rather a big dog（一只相當大的狗）兩種表達都可以；