留美老师带你每日说英文 第1085期:地铁线路的设计

 　　You can see rivers, bodies of water, trees and parks -- the stations were all crammed² together at the center of the map, and out in the periphery³, there were some that couldn't even fit on the map.

　　你会看到河流、水体、树木、公园--地铁站都挤在地图上的中心区域，在外围地区，有些车站的位置甚至跟地图不吻合。

　　学习重点：

　　1.cram¹ 把……塞进/挤满

　　cram (v.) 把……塞进/挤满

　　squish (v.) 把……挤扁

　　2.center 中心

　　center (n.) 中心

　　middle (n.) 中心；中间

　　3.periphery 圆周；周围

　　periphery (n.) 圆周；周围

　　peripheral⁴ (adj.) 圆周的；周围的

1 cram   

v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习

参考例句：

• There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
• The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。

2 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

3 periphery   

n.(圆体的)外面；周围

参考例句：

• Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe.从地理位置上讲，英国处于欧洲边缘。
• The periphery of the retina is very sensitive to motion.视网膜的外围对运动非常敏感。

4 peripheral   

adj.周边的，外围的

参考例句：

• We dealt with the peripheral aspects of a cost reduction program.我们谈到了降低成本计划的一些外围问题。
• The hotel provides the clerk the service and the peripheral traveling consultation.旅舍提供票务服务和周边旅游咨询。