妙语佳句:

The poles are permanently capped with ice.冰天雪地是两极永恒的主题

cap with:覆盖

Her teeth were capped with silver.

她的牙齿是包了银的。

Her umbrella is capped with a glass knob.

她的伞的顶端装有一个玻璃圆头。

those rays that do strike the surface are mostly reflected back from this great whiteness.即使光线到达了地表大部分也会被这白茫茫的冰雪反射回去

reflect from:从...反射

The heat reflect from the white sand forme a mirage.

热气经白色的沙面反射形成了蜃景。

The light is reflected from the moon.

光从月球反射出来。

This frozen world begins to melt away.这个冰冻的世界开始融化

melt away:(使)融化, (使)消散

the sorrow that you know will melt away.

你所知的悲伤將会融化。

The beautiful actress made my heart melt away.

那位漂亮的女演员使我神魂颠倒。

考考你:

冰天雪地是两极永恒的主题。

太阳的直射角度很小，鲜有阳光照射下来。

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.