妙语佳句:

the caterpillar has not yet got enough reserves to transform itself into a moth.毛虫却还没有足够的储备来转化成蛾。

turn into:变成

The whole thing turned into a bitter quarrel.

整件事酿成了激烈的争吵。

Caterpillars turned into butterflies.

毛虫会变成蝴蝶。

so it settles down beneath a rock.所以只好在一块岩石下面躲了起来。

settle down:安下心来, 定居

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

他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。

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

他不过是个流浪汉－－哪儿也呆不住。

It ceases to breathe, and its body starts to freeze--停止了呼吸，身体开始结冰。

cease to:停止

You will cease to fear if you cease to hope.

绝望无畏惧。

When shall I cease to regret you?

什么时候我会不再为你感到惋惜呢?

考考你:

毛虫却还没有足够的储备来转化成蛾。

它向来是积雪融化后第一个出现的昆虫，它为做到这一点所付出的努力令人惊异。

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,