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雅思長(zhǎng)難句分析
- 2025年8月1日
- 文章來(lái)自: dgukedu
- 分類: 雅思備考
雅思長(zhǎng)難句分析
01
原句
Rather than drink from clean streams, or from faucets that once brought us good municipal water, we buy single-use plastic that will take at least 400 years to break down in any significant way.
02
原文翻譯
我們不再飲用清澈的溪水,也不再?gòu)乃堫^里汲取優(yōu)質(zhì)的自來(lái)水,我們現(xiàn)在使用一次性塑料制品,這些塑料制品無(wú)論用什么方式都需要至少400年才會(huì)降解。
03
生詞+例句
Stream:noun [C] (SMALL RIVER) UK /stri?m/ US /stri?m/
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ground level 小河,溪流
a mountain stream
山澗
underground streams
地下溪流
例句:
There's a bubbling stream that flows through their property.
一條汩汩的小溪流過(guò)他家的土地。
04
生詞+例句
Faucet :noun [ C ] US UK /?f??.s?t/ US /?fɑ?.s?t/
(UK tap)
a device that controls the flow of liquid, especially water, from a pipe (水)龍頭,閥門(mén)
the hot/cold faucet
熱水/冷水龍頭
例句:
Turn the faucet on/off.
打開(kāi)/關(guān)掉水龍頭。
05
生詞+例句
Municipal:adjective UK /mju??n?s.?.p?l/ US /mju??n?s.?.p?l/
C1 of or belonging to a town or city 市政的;市立的
municipal authorities
市政當(dāng)局
延伸用法:
Municipal water is what many people refer to as tap water. Municipal water即是自來(lái)水。
single-use adjective UK /?s??.ɡ?l?ju?s/ US /?s??.ɡ?l?ju?s/
used to refer to a product that can be used once and is then thrown away
(產(chǎn)品)一次性使用的
例句:
Awareness of environmental damage from single-use bags is growing.
人們?cè)絹?lái)越關(guān)注一次性袋子對(duì)環(huán)境的破壞。
同意詞:
Disposable adjective UK /d??sp??.z?.b?l/ US /d??spo?.z?.b?l/C2
A disposable product is intended to be thrown away after use.
一次性的,用后可扔掉的
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生詞+例句
Disposable:noun [ C usually plural ] UK /d??sp??.z?.b?l/ US /d??spo?.z?.b?l/
a disposable product 一次性產(chǎn)品
paper/plastic/medical disposables
一次性紙質(zhì)/塑料/醫(yī)用產(chǎn)品
例句:
Do you use disposables or washable nappies?
你用一次性尿布還是可洗滌尿布?
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生詞+例句
Plastic:noun (SUBSTANCE) UK /?pl?s.t?k/ US /?pl?s.t?k/
A2 [ C or U ]
an artificial substance that can be shaped when soft into many different forms and has many different uses 塑料
例句:
Those flowers aren't real – they're made of plastic.
那些花不是真的——是塑料做的。
08
難點(diǎn)
本文選自《衛(wèi)報(bào)》- Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down – and we keep making more
細(xì)節(jié)-1:
rather than B1
instead of; used especially when you prefer one thing to another
寧愿,更喜歡;而不是
例句:
I think I'd like to stay at home this evening rather than go out.
我覺(jué)得我今晚更想呆在家里,而不是出去玩兒
細(xì)節(jié)-2:
drink from clean streams, or from faucets … 這里的or在連接兩個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)時(shí),若前后使用的是相同的介詞,那么后面一個(gè)介詞通??梢允÷裕梢愿某?drink from clean streams, or faucets …
or 延伸用法:
當(dāng)or連接兩個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)時(shí),如果前后使用的是不同的介詞,后面的介詞不能省略,因?yàn)槭÷院笠馑季筒粚?duì)了。
如:
Shall we go by car or on foot? 我們是坐車還是走路去?
Will you pay in cash or by credit card? 您是付現(xiàn)金還是刷卡?
但是,如果前后使用的是相同的介詞,那后面一個(gè)介詞可以省略嗎?比如下面句子中
細(xì)節(jié)-3:
break down 原意為(機(jī)器或車輛)出故障,或(系統(tǒng)或關(guān)系)崩潰,瓦解;(討論)失敗,但在這個(gè)語(yǔ)境的意思是降解,同樣的表達(dá)比較常見(jiàn)的還有degrade或biodegrade
Degrade:verb (CHANGE STRUCTURE)
[ I ] CHEMISTRY specialized
(of a substance) to change into a more simple chemical structure
降解,自然分解
例句:
These chemicals quickly degrade into harmless compounds.
這些化學(xué)制品能很快降解為無(wú)害化合物。
Biodegrade:verb [ I ] UK /?ba?.??.d??ɡre?d/ US /?ba?.o?.d??ɡre?d/
to decay naturally and in a way that is not harmful
生物降解,生物分解
例句:
Some plastics are designed to biodegrade when their useful life is over.
有些塑料被設(shè)計(jì)為過(guò)了有效使用期就可以生物降解。
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