留美老师带你每日说英文 第1085期:地铁线路的设计
时间：2018-12-25 作者：英语课 分类：留美老师带你每日说英文
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You can see rivers, bodies of water, trees and parks -- the stations were all crammed 2 together at the center of the map, and out in the periphery 3, there were some that couldn't even fit on the map.
你会看到河流、水体、树木、公园--地铁站都挤在地图上的中心区域，在外围地区，有些车站的位置甚至跟地图不吻合。
学习重点：
1.cram 1 把……塞进/挤满
cram (v.) 把……塞进/挤满
squish (v.) 把……挤扁
2.center 中心
center (n.) 中心
middle (n.) 中心；中间
3.periphery 圆周；周围
periphery (n.) 圆周；周围
peripheral 4 (adj.) 圆周的；周围的
1 cram
v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习
- There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
- The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。
2 crammed
adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)
- He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
- All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。
3 periphery
n.(圆体的)外面；周围
- Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe.从地理位置上讲，英国处于欧洲边缘。
- The periphery of the retina is very sensitive to motion.视网膜的外围对运动非常敏感。
4 peripheral
adj.周边的，外围的
- We dealt with the peripheral aspects of a cost reduction program.我们谈到了降低成本计划的一些外围问题。
- The hotel provides the clerk the service and the peripheral traveling consultation.旅舍提供票务服务和周边旅游咨询。
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