趣味青春英语电台 第306期:Rough patches

 Idiom:

Rough patches 经历了一段艰难时光

Hit the book:

Moss¹

Heave

Footage

Detached

Patch

Spare

Doom²

Prevail

Take toll³

Give way

Turns out, Mother Earth really is alive.

A video captured in the forest in Nova Scotia has shown the moss-covered ground heaving up and down as though it is breathing.

The footage was taken by Brian Nuttall, who was walking on a windy day in the Canadian community of Apple River when he saw the bizarre sight, CBC News reported

He pulled out his cellphone to record the forest floor, which looked like a breathing chest rising and falling every few seconds.

1 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。

2 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

3 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。