留美老师带你每天说英文 第783期:水对人类生活的影响
2020-07-24来源:和谐英语
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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
Water is essential for life, food sources, and transport, so many cities have been built along coastlines and river banks. However, these benefits also come with risks because natural forces that can sink a city are at their doorstep.
水对我们的生活、食物资源和交通都至关重要,因此,许多城市都建在海岸线或河床边。但这些利益却伴随着风险,因为自然的力量可以淹没一座城市。
学习重点:
1.essential 必要的
essential (adj.) 必要的
essentially (adv.) 实质上
essence (n.) 精髓
2.transport 运输
transport (n.) 运输
transportation (n.) 交通工具
3.coastline 海岸线
coastline (n.) 海岸线
coast (n.) 海岸
4.benefit 利益、好处
benefit (n.) 利益、好处
beneficial (adj.) 有益地
5.sink 下沉
sink (v.) 下沉
think (v.) 想、思索