重点讲解:
1. wear down (使)磨平;(使)磨光;
The machines start to wear down, they don't make as many nuts and bolts as they used to.
机器开始出现磨损,螺母和螺钉的产量不如从前了 。
2. even though 即使;尽管;纵然;
She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to.
尽管她坐得起出租汽车,但她从未坐过 。
3. pick up 拿起;提起;拾起;捡起;
She bent down to pick up her glove.
她俯身去捡手套 。
4. go extinct 灭绝;绝种;
Most animals went extinct because of evolution.
大部分动物的绝迹是因为进化演变之故 。
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