情景会话口袋书人际篇 第441期:自然美景(1)

 　　1. What are the characteristics of the scenery?

　　景点特色是什么？

　　还能这样说：

　　What are the distinguished¹ features of the scenery?

　　What characteristics does the scenery have?

　　应用解析：

　　bad character 坏蛋，坏人；

　　take on character 有特色；

　　give sb. a bad character of 诋毁某人

　　2. West Lake is known as the most beautiful lake in China.

　　西湖被誉为中国最美丽的湖泊。

　　还能这样说：

　　It is known that West Lake is the most beautiful lake in China.

　　West Lake is considered to be the most beautiful lake in China.

　　应用解析：

　　beautiful侧重阴柔的优美，一般用于形容女人和儿童；

　　pretty语气较beautiful弱，侧重娇小的，一般用于小孩或青年女子，指女性适度的美；

　　good-looking指外貌美的

　　3. The leaves make the whole mountain seem red.

　　红叶把整座山都染红了。

　　还能这样说：

　　The whole mountain is reddened by the leaves.

　　The leaves dye² the whole mountain red.

　　应用解析：

　　the Red Army 红军；

　　red flags 红旗；

　　a red battle 血战；

　　with red eyes 哭红的眼睛

　　4. It can make us feel as if we were in the land of fairies.

　　它让我们感到如临仙境。

　　还能这样说：

　　We feel as if we were in a wonderland.

　　It has the power to make us feel in the wonderland.

　　应用解析：

　　a fairy tale 神仙故事；

　　fairy voices 娇美的声音；

　　fairy lights 彩色小灯泡

1 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

2 dye   

n.染料，染色；v.染，染色

参考例句：

• Black will dye over other colours.黑色能把大多数其他颜色盖住。
• This material does not dye well.这料子染不好。