妙语佳句:

原句:Venture further from the mountains and out onto the open plateau,and life doesn't appear to get any easier.

appear:文中意思为“好像”，除此之外还有“出现，出版，显得”之意。

appear做连接动词时，常指“事情或事物看其来怎么样”，同seem相似。

例句:He appears (to be) very angry today.（句中的to be可省略）

She appears to have enough money to live on.

与seem不同的是，seem既可以用来讨论客观事实，也可以用来描述主观的印象或感觉，而appear只能表达客观事实。

例句:The baby seems/appears (to be) hungry.（两者都可用）

She doesn't want to go on studying. It seems a pity.（只能用seem）

get easier:变得更容易

例句:Things will get easier as time goes by.

随着时间的推移情况会有所改善。

原句:High winds scour the landscape and temperaturescan drop from baking to freezing in moments.

in moments:瞬间

例句:In moments we are covered, lost.

转眼间，我们便永远地被埋葬了，湮灭了。

原句:At this height,most people are gasping for breath.

gaspe for:喘

例句:Her unexpected rudeness made me gasp for breath.

她突如其来的粗鲁语言使我大吃一惊。

原句:But lack of oxygen hasn't cramped this creature's style.

lack of:缺乏

例句:The flowers are wilting for lack of water.

这些花因缺水而渐渐枯萎

考考你:

这象征着他们对山的热爱而不管山看起来多么的冷酷无情。

在这个高度下大部分人都要不停地喘气。

上期答案:

At a mind-numbing 8,848 metres high,Everest is one of the most hostile places for life on Earth.
Hundreds of people have died trying to conquer it.