单词的意思已经标在图上了,这里再强调一些重点词汇和句型。
1.as big an environmental problem
这里其实省略了一部分
还原是as big an environmental problem as cows
2.do not belch planetcooking methane the way cows do
cows do是修饰the way,way在这里是方式的意思,它后面的定语从句可以用that,in which 或省略引导
这里的planet-cooking 是一个比喻用法,把地球炒炒,就是全球变暖
methane甲烷
3.Draining mangrove swamps to make way
for aquaculture is even more harmful to
the atmosphere than felling rainforest to
provide pasture for cattle.
简单来看A is more ... to B than C
比起C,A对B更...
这里的A就是Draining mangrove swamps,doing做主语
"to make way for aquaculture"是to do做目的状语
B是the atmosphere
C是felling rainforest ,doing做主语
"to provide..."也是目的状语
4.leaves coastal regions vulnerable to flooding
leave sb/sth +adj leave+宾语+宾补
表示一种状态
5.the hitch is 问题是
hitch 在这里做名词是“暂时的困难的意思”
例如:without a hitch 毫无困难
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当然,官网上也有,但大多数要charge money
不过National Geographic官网也不错,还是free of charge
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