day 55continents and coasts
unit 8 · nature & disasterscontinents and coasts
Talk about continents, poles, coasts and islands, and say how surprised you were when you looked closer.
today’s words
- 北极 běijí · the North Pole, the Arctic
- 两极 liǎngjí · the two poles; two extremes
- 南极洲 Nánjízhōu · Antarctica
- 北美洲 Běiměizhōu · North America
- 南美洲 Nánměizhōu · South America
- 大洋洲 Dàyángzhōu · Oceania
- 岛 dǎo · island
- 岸 àn · bank, shore
- 海岸 hǎi'àn · coast, seashore
- 沿海 yánhǎi · coastal (area)
- 海域 hǎiyù · sea area, waters
- 海面 hǎimiàn · sea surface
- 海拔 hǎibá · height above sea level
- 广阔 guǎngkuò · vast, wide
- 大地 dàdì · the earth, the land
- 显 xiǎn · to show, look (younger …)
- 清晰 qīngxī · clear, distinct
- 引 yǐn · to lead, attract, draw
- 适宜 shìyí · suitable, fit for
sentences
- 南极洲比大洋洲还大，是世界上最冷的地方。 · Antarctica is even bigger than Oceania, and the coldest place on Earth.
- 从地图上看，北美洲和南美洲连在一起。 · On the map, North and South America are joined together.
- 不去不知道，一去吓一跳：北极的冰少多了。 · You don’t know until you go: there’s far less ice in the Arctic than before.
- 东部沿海城市很多，西部的城市比较分散。 · There are lots of cities on the east coast; in the west, cities are more spread out.
- 不查不知道，一查才发现这里海拔四千多米。 · I’d never have guessed until I looked it up: this place is over four thousand metres above sea level.