雅思阅读解析：与作文相关词汇(3)
来源 :中华考试网 2016-09-27
中Crop-growing skyscrapers摩天大楼 (第三段)
It took humans 10,000 years to learn how to grow most of the crops we now take for granted. Along the way, we despoiled most of the land we worked, often turning verdant, natural ecotones into semi-arid deserts.把翠绿的自然生态变成了半干旱的沙漠(看人家的描述细不细!) Within that same time frame, we evolved into an urban species, in which 60% of the human population now lives vertically in cities. This means that, for the majority, we humans have shelter from the elements遮风挡雨的屋檐(我好文艺有没有!), yet we subject our food-bearing plants to the rigours of the great outdoors and can do no more than hope for a good weather year只能寄希望于这一年的好天气(文艺到底了今天). However, more often than not now, due to a rapidly changing climate, that is not what happens. Massive floods, long droughts, hurricanes and severe monsoons各种灾难的名称及修饰词 take their tool each year, destroying millions of tons of valuable crops.
大作文常用词汇：
it takes sb some time to do something 花费sb 一些时间做sth
grow crops 种庄稼
take sth for granted 把sth当成想当然的
along the way 随着时间的推移
despoil the land 破坏土地
turn sth into sth 把 sth变成sth
Within that same time frame 同时
for the majority 对于大多数人来说
more often than not 大多数时候、常常
take its tool 造成重大损失，常+介词 on
millions of tons of crops 上百万吨的庄稼
句子仿写
原文：Along the way, we despoiled most of the land we worked, often turning verdant, natural ecotones into semi-arid deserts.
Along the way, we demand more private cars, often turning the clear, spacious road into crowded parking lots.
重点词汇讲解
evolve演变
evolve from sth into sth注意介词和英文注解develop gradually, especially form a simple to a more complicated form
The idea evolved from a drawing i discovered in the attic.阁楼上的一幅画激发了我这个想法。
The company has evolved into a major chemical manufacturer. 这个公司已经发展成了一个大型化学厂商。
[生物]专用词，进化