day 84wild places
unit 12 · nature & the environmentwild places
Talk about whales, wild places, the weather and global warming, and argue “if even A…, let alone B” with ……尚且……，(更)何況…….
today’s words
- 狩獵 shòuliè · hunt (formal)
- 原野 yuányě · open country, plains
- 蟬 chán · cicada
- 池子 chízi · pond, pool
- 鋒面 fēngmiàn · (weather) front
- 蝸牛 guāniú · snail
- 果樹 guǒshù · fruit tree
- 季風 jìfēng · monsoon
- 金魚 jīnyú · goldfish
- 鯨魚 jīngyú · whale
- 景物 jǐngwù · scenery, sights
- 駱駝 luòtuó · camel
- 農具 nóngjù · farm tools
- 農作物 nóngzuòwù · crops
- 群島 qúndǎo · archipelago, group of islands
- 樹苗 shùmiáo · sapling
- 水道 shuǐdào · waterway, channel
- 物產 wùchǎn · products (of a region)
- 雪人 xuěrén · snowman
- 雨季 yǔjì · rainy season
- 暖化 nuǎnhuà · warming (global warming)
- 腦海 nǎohǎi · mind (where memories and images are)
- 尚且 shàngqiě · even (尚且…何況…)
sentences
- 大人尚且做不到，何況是小孩子？ · If even adults can’t do it, how could a child?
- 他連自己尚且照顧不好，更何況照顧別人？ · He can’t even look after himself, let alone anyone else.
- 下雨以後，路上有很多蝸牛。 · After the rain, there are lots of snails on the path.
- 公園的池子裡有很多金魚。 · There are lots of goldfish in the park pond.
- 駱駝可以很多天不喝水。 · Camels can go many days without drinking.