事实：代奥米德群岛-The Diomede Islands: Tomorrow Island & Yesterday Isle

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

 

strait: a narrow waterway

The International Date Line: an imaginary line in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where the time zones on either side are 24 hours apart

border: a line that defines the ownership of a region

time zone: one of 24 divisions of time around the world

nickname: to call a person or thing a fun, shortened, or memorable¹ name

 

The Diomede Islands: Tomorrow Island & Yesterday Isle²

Big Diomede and Little Diomede are two islands in the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. Big Diomede belongs to Russia and Little Diomede belongs to the US. The International Date Line runs in between the islands and acts as an international border. Even though the distance between them is only four kilometres, they are 21 hours apart due to local time zones. For this reason, they were nicknamed Tomorrow Island (Big) and Yesterday Isle (Little). In the winter, the rocky flat-topped islands are sometimes connected by an ice bridge.

1 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。

2 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。