單詞的意思已經標在圖上了,這裡再強調一些重點詞彙和句型。
1.as big an environmental problem
這裡其實省略了一部分
還原是as big an environmental problem as cows
2.do not belch planetcooking methane the way cows do
cows do是修飾the way,way在這裡是方式的意思,它後面的定語從句可以用that,in which 或省略引導
這裡的planet-cooking 是一個比喻用法,把地球炒炒,就是全球變暖
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3.Draining mangrove swamps to make way
for aquaculture is even more harmful to
the atmosphere than felling rainforest to
provide pasture for cattle.
簡單來看A is more ... to B than C
比起C,A對B更...
這裡的A就是Draining mangrove swamps,doing做主語
"to make way for aquaculture"是to do做目的狀語
B是the atmosphere
C是felling rainforest ,doing做主語
"to provide..."也是目的狀語
4.leaves coastal regions vulnerable to flooding
leave sb/sth +adj leave+賓語+賓補
表示一種狀態
5.the hitch is 問題是
hitch 在這裡做名詞是“暫時的困難的意思”
例如:without a hitch 毫無困難
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當然,官網上也有,但大多數要charge money
不過National Geographic官網也不錯,還是free of charge