看漫画学英文之疯狂六级单词(30)

famine   n.饥荒；饥饿，奇缺

【真题再现】Ever since then,forecasters have being warning that world wide famine was just around the next corner.

从那以后，预报员一直警告说世界性的饥荒将要来临。

                                                                                  【CET-6,2004.01,改错】

【联想记单词】联想：fa(看作far,远)+mine(我的)→粮食离我很远→饥荒

【活学活用】Famine is now more terrible than the earthquake disaster.

                饥荒现在比地震还可怕。