注释:① disappear vi. 消失;失踪;不复存在
vt. 使…不存在;使…消失
例句:
1. If the sun were to disappear, what would the earth be like?
万一太阳消失了,地球会变成什么样子?
2. Red squirrels disappear inside trees, frogs go deep under the mud, and many other animals dig tunnels in the earth.
红松鼠藏到树里面去了,青蛙钻入泥土的深处,而许多其它的动物,则在地里挖坑道。
② emerge vi. 浮现;摆脱;暴露
例句:
1. New problem emerge as they discus further.
随着他们讨论的深入新的问题也冒了出来。
2. A multitude of heroic figures emerge.
大量英雄人物出现了。
③ aftermath n. 后果;余波
例句:
1. Life was much harder in the aftermath of the war.
战祸之后,生活艰苦多了。
2. If one delays cutting till an advanced state of maturity, aftermath growth will be slow.
如果等到成熟后期再收割,以后的牧草生长将变得缓慢。
句子讲解:
1. The mountain peaks that existed on the young Rocky Mountains were rounded off as rivers and streams eroded the rock.
【结构简析】"rounded" 是形容词“圆形的;丰满的;全面的”的意思。在这里“off ”是“离开;脱落”的意思,所以就可以翻译成瘦,因为是山峰的形状,所以可以译成“瘦骨嶙峋”。
【参考译文】 在落基山脉的山峰显得那么的瘦骨嶙峋,原因是河流和溪流不停地侵蚀着这里的岩石。
2. Instead of rolling hills, there are rugged mountains with steep and jagged cliffs.
【结构简析】"rolling hills"变成了"rugged mountain","instead of "后面接比较的成分。
【参考译文】这儿不是连绵起伏的丘陵,而是陡峭的悬崖和锯齿状的峭壁。