共 15 句 · 中英对照 · 对应本级 10 个目标词
开始练这一级 →Last winter I helped a student read a long paper about a plant.去年冬天,我帮一名学生读了一篇关于一种植物的长论文。 Her problem was the syntactic structure of each sentence.她的问题是每个句子「句法的」结构。 A plant may carry an extra chromosome and live where water is rare.一株植物可能多带一条「染色体」,并能在缺水的地方活下来。 She drew the morphology of the leaves and added one morphological detail.她画下叶子的「形态」,又补上一个「形态学的」细节。
A coefficient near one showed that two things moved together.接近一的「系数」表明,两样东西一起变化。 Then she marked a locus on a list of names.随后她在一个名录上标出一个「位点」。 She wanted to rewrite every long line until its syntax looked simple.她想重写每一行长句,直到「句法」看起来简单。 At dusk a light aerosol hung above a capillary in her hand.黄昏时,一层轻微的「气溶胶」悬在她手里那根「毛细管」上方。
A white mark showed where potassium could oxidize.页面上一处白印显示,「钾」会在那里「氧化」。 Her father is a farmer, and he said good work needs time.她的父亲是个「农民」,他说好活儿需要时间。 The student began a story about her small garden outside the lab.这名学生开始写一个关于她实验室外小花园的故事。 One line stayed: a consonant can carry great meaning.只剩下一句:一个「辅音」可以承载重大的意义。
Her teacher read it twice and said the order was right.她的老师读了两遍,说顺序是对的。 She closed the book and said she would study plants for years.她合上书,说她要用很多年研究植物。 That page was short and plain.那一页又短又平常。
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