留美老师带你每天说英文 第1152期:用木材来建筑
2020-10-13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:
There's a lot of potential that's unrealized for using timber at a very large scale. Throughout history, buildings have been made of wood. But it has one major drawback: it acts as kindling.
目前尚未能够真正大规模地使用木材来建筑,但未来有很大的机会可以实现。有史以来,木材一直都是建材,但它有一个很大的缺点就是:它是易燃物。
学习重点:
1.unrealized 未被察觉的
unrealized (adj.) 未被察觉的
realize (v.) 领悟;了解
2.timber 木材;木料
timber (n.) 木材;木料
wood (n.) 木头;木材
log (n.) 圆木;原木;木料
3.drawback 缺点;短处;不利条件
drawback (n.) 缺点;短处;不利条件
disadvantage (n.) 不利条件;不利
4.kindling 引火物;点燃;点火
kindling (n.) 引火物;点燃;点火