知性英语－The Antarctica
英语课
The Antarctica 1 is actually a desert. It is the only continent on the earth without a river or a lake.
The Antarctica is all ice all year round. The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero at the South Pole. Explorers 2 used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snow fall. But less than ten inches of snow falls each year. That is less than half an inch of water. Ten times that much moisture 3 falls in parts of the Sahara.
The little snow that falls in America never melts 4.It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century. When the snow gets to be about eight feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of the snow above it.
1 Antarctica
n.南极洲
- Antarctica is the earth's coldest landmass.南极洲是地球上最冷的大陆。
- This penguin is from Antarctica.这只企鹅来自南极洲。
2 explorers
n.探险家，勘探者( explorer的名词复数 )
- The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them. 勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The explorers had to rough it when they got into the jungle. 那些探险者进入丛林后，不得不过着艰苦的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》