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day 79plants, insects and poles

unit 12 · nature & the environment

    plants, insects and poles

    Talk about plants, insects, harvests and the far ends of the Earth, and concede a point before making your own with 固然……,但……

    today’s words

    • 品種 pǐnzhǒng · variety, breed
    • 雷 léi · thunder
    • 花朵 huāduǒ · flowers, blossoms
    • 昆蟲 kūnchóng · insect
    • 果實 guǒshí · fruit (of a plant); results
    • 種植 zhòngzhí · grow, cultivate (crops)
    • 海拔 hǎibá · altitude, height above sea level
    • 兩極 liǎngjí · the two poles; two extremes
    • 沿海 yánhǎi · coastal, along the coast
    • 乾燥 gānzào · dry
    • 閃電 shǎndiàn · lightning
    • 豐收 fēngshōu · bumper harvest; fruitful
    • 培育 péiyù · breed, cultivate; nurture
    • 土壤 tǔrǎng · soil
    • 寵物 chǒngwù · pet
    • 生物 shēngwù · living things; biology
    • 大洋洲 dàyángzhōu · Oceania
    • 海面 hǎimiàn · sea surface
    • 南極洲 nánjízhōu · Antarctica
    • 農田 nóngtián · farmland, fields
    • 固然 gùrán · admittedly, it is true that
    • 蔓延 mànyán · spread (fire, disease, weeds)
    • 念頭 niàntou · thought, idea (that pops up)

    sentences

    • 錢固然重要,但健康更重要。 · Money matters, of course, but health matters more.
    • 這個方法固然好,可是太花時間了。 · Admittedly this method is good, but it takes far too long.
    • 玉山的海拔將近四千公尺。 · Yushan is almost four thousand metres above sea level.
    • 南極洲是世界上最冷的地方。 · Antarctica is the coldest place in the world.
    • 太陽慢慢從海面升起來。 · The sun slowly rises out of the sea.