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B2U2Language Points 2
6. attack (n./vt./vi.)攻击;抨击
Zhaxi and other volunteers watched over the antelopes day and night to keep them safe from attacks.
扎西和其他志愿者日夜看护着藏羚羊,保护它们免受攻击。
attack(v.) the enemy 攻击敌人 an air strike (n.)空袭 (an attack made by aircraft)
The attack they staged was so sudden that the enemy had no time to escape.
他们发动了突然袭击,因此敌人来不及逃跑。(stage an attack 发动攻击)
When an animal is under attack, it can run away or fight back. 当动物受到攻击时,它会逃跑或还击。
Mrs. Green had/suffered a heart attack. But fortunately, the doctor came in time to save her life.
格林太太心脏病发作了。但幸运的是,医生及时赶来救了她的命。((尤指常发疾病的)发作;侵袭)
7. On the plain in front of us, we can just make out a herd of graceful animals.
放眼平原,我们隐约看到一群体形优美的动物。(make out sb/sth看清;听清;分清;辨认清楚)
8. a herd of cows/deer/elephants一群牛/鹿/大象 a pack of wolves/hounds一群狼/猎狗
a school of dolphins一群海豚 a flock of birds/sheep一群鸟/绵羊 a swarm of bees一群蜜蜂
9. be struck by their beauty 被它们的美丽所震撼
10. on the plain 在平原上
11. day and night/around the clock 日日夜夜;夜以继日
12. water over the antelopes/the children/ the thief 保护藏羚羊/照看孩子/看守小偷
13. keep them safe from attacks 保护它们免受攻击
14. the National Nature Reserve 国家自然保护区
15. snow-covered mountains 白雪皑皑的群山
16. disappear into the clouds 消失在云层中
To our left, snow-covered mountains disappear into clouds that seem almost close enough to touch.
在我们的左边,白雪皑皑的群山消失在似乎触手可及的云层中。
The government, however, does not intend to stop the protection progammes, since the threats to the Tibetan antelopes have not yet disappeared.
然而,政府并没有打算停止这些保护项目,因为对藏羚羊的威胁依然存在。
17. In order to save this species from extinction, the Chinese government placed it under national protection.
为了使这一物种免遭灭绝,中国政府将其置于国家保护之下。
Additional Accumulation
snow-capped mountains白雪皑皑的群山 drop/fall by more than 50 percent (数量)减少了50%以上
save the species from extinction 使这一物种免遭灭绝 a way of life生活方式
a shelter for animals动物们的庇护所 be removed from从...中删除
change our way of life改变我们的生活方式 due to the cutting of trees因为树木的砍伐
be polluted seriously 受到了严重的污染 non-