妙语佳句:

原句:Thanks to the annual monsoon,the whole landscape is covered in lush forest

thanks to:归功于

Thanks to your timely intervention.

多亏你及时调停。

cover in:遮盖住(填满)

When the storm broke,we took cover in a tool shed.

风雨袭来时，我们躲在一个工具棚里。

原句:As the Yarlung River cuts through the mountains,it's created the world'sdeepest gorge,three times deeper than America's Grand Canyon.

cut through:穿透

The cold wind cut through his thin clothes.

寒风穿透他的单薄衣衫。

three times deeper:三倍的深度(在几倍后如果跟的是形容词，形容词要用比较级)

This street is three times wider than that one.

这条街比那条街宽三倍。

He studies more than three times as hard as I.

他用功的程度是我的三倍还不止。

原句:This vast and mysterious place provides a vital clue to Tibet's importance for the rest of the world.

provide a clue:提供线索

We kept our eyes skinned for anything that might provide a clue to the mystery.

我们一直注意寻找可能解开这个谜的任何线索。

原句:Thanks to this, over a billion people from India to Burma benefit from the monsoon rain that this wind brings with it.

benefit from:从 ... 得到好处

She obtained maximal benefit from the course.

她从该课程中获益极大。

考考你:

多亏了季风的帮助才使这个地方苍翠繁茂。

雅鲁藏布江从山峦间穿过形成了世界最深的峡谷。

上期答案:

This change is illustrated in the fortunes of the chiru.

A century ago,millions migrated across the plateau.