day 88mountains and valleys

mountains and valleys

Describe a landscape (mountains, valleys, islands, basins), talk about delays and flaws at work, and give alternatives in written style with 或……，或…….

today’s words

• 景象 jǐngxiàng · scene, sight
• 山谷 shāngǔ · valley
• 橋梁 qiáoliáng · bridge; a link between
• 島嶼 dǎoyǔ · islands
• 流域 liúyù · river basin, catchment
• 山脈 shānmài · mountain range
• 峽谷 xiágǔ · gorge, canyon
• 懸崖 xuányái · cliff, precipice
• 地勢 dìshì · terrain, lie of the land
• 上空 shàngkōng · the sky above, overhead
• 半島 bàndǎo · peninsula
• 盆地 péndì · basin (low land)
• 丘陵 qiūlíng · hills
• 奇觀 qíguān · wonder, marvellous sight
• 沼澤 zhǎozé · swamp, marsh
• 偏差 piānchā · deviation, error
• 起伏 qǐfú · rise and fall, undulate
• 清靜 qīngjìng · quiet, peaceful
• 閃爍 shǎnshuò · twinkle, flicker
• 停滯 tíngzhì · stagnate, come to a standstill
• 旺盛 wàngshèng · vigorous, full of energy
• 瑕疵 xiácī · flaw, blemish
• 延誤 yánwù · delay, hold up

sentences

• 遊客或坐火車，或開車上山。 · Visitors go up the mountain either by train or by car.
• 臺灣附近的島嶼或大或小，各有特色。 · The islands around Taiwan, big and small, each have their own character.
• 臺北在一個盆地裡。 · Taipei sits in a basin.
• 早上的山谷裡都是霧，景象如此美麗。 · In the morning the valley is full of mist: such a beautiful sight.
• 天上的星星一直在閃爍。 · The stars keep twinkling in the sky.