妙语佳句:

Each has been entrusted with a single precious egg每只企鹅都带着一个珍贵的企鹅蛋。

entrust with:信托, 委托

She was entrusted with the direction of the project.

她受委托负责这项计划。

He was entrusted with the care of her property.

他受托照管她的财产。

all this would count for nothing.而这一切也将成为徒劳。

count for:有价值, 有重要性

For him fame does not count for much.

在他看来名誉算不了什么。

Knowledge without common sense count for little.

没有常识的知识没多大用处。

so have to constantly scrape away the ice所以得经常把冰刮掉。

scrape away:刮去

Those branches scrape away at the window whenever a wind rises.

风一起，那些树枝就擦着窗子。

He began carefully to scrape away the moss from the stump.

他开始仔细地刮去树桩上的苔藓。

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但相比冰上的条件，这算得上温水浴了。

唯一留在这里过冬的哺乳动物。

上期答案：

It shuts out what little light there is at these latitudes,

The raven's bill is more suited to leftovers.