留美老师带你每日说英文 第387期:长生不老的裸鼹鼠

 　　台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

　　Surprisingly, they aren't any more likely to die in old age than when they're young adults. It's as if they've found the fountain¹ of youth, though perhaps not the fountain of beauty.

　　更令人惊讶的是，裸鼹鼠不会因为年纪愈来愈老就比它们在年轻时更容易死亡。就好像他们找到青春之泉，但也许不是美丽之泉

1 fountain   

n.喷泉，源泉，储水容器，泉水；v.使像喷泉一样流

参考例句：

• At the centre of the park there is a fountain.公园正中有一个喷泉。
• Ancient Greece was a fountain of wisdom and philosophy.古希腊是智慧和哲学的发源地。