妙语佳句:

their stubby wings are still too short for them to fly properly -翅膀还过于粗短无法自在飞翔。

too... to ...:太...以至于不能...

The road is too narrow to allow the passage of gondola.

这条街太窄，大型货车不能通过。

He walked too slowly to catch up with me.

他走得太慢而不能跟上我。

This colony alone contains 100,000 birds单是这个鸟群，就有十万只。

contain:容纳, 包含

Soft drinks contain carbon dioxide.

软饮料中含有二氧化碳。

The cake on analysis was found to contain traces of toxin.

经分析发现蛋糕里含有微量的毒素。

contain, include,这些动词均含有“包括，包含”之意。

contain普通用词，所涉及的物体常常是其组成部分或内容。强调包容关系。既可指具体有形的东西，也可指抽象无形的东西。

include普通用词，指一整体包含着各独立的部分，也指某东西包含另一东西的某一部分。

考考你:

它们的翅膀还过于粗短无法自在飞翔。

对北极狐来说雏鸟可是天赐的佳肴。

上期答案:

the team are keen to see what's happening underwater.

the whales look as if they are about to hunt.