留美老师带你每日说英文 第956期:伦敦的地图

 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. So the map was geographically⁴ accurate, but maybe not so useful.

你可以看到很多河川、水域、树木、公园，还有车站全都挤在整张地图的中央位置。而在外围，还有标示着其他根本挤不进地图里的东西。也就是说，虽然就地理上而言，这张地图算是正确的，但却可能不太实用。

学习重点：

1.cram¹ 塞满；挤入

cram (v.) 塞满；挤入

stuff (v.) 装满；填满

staff (n.) 工作人员:；全体员工

2.periphery 周边，边缘，外围

periphery (n.) 周边，边缘，外围

edge (n.) 边缘

margin⁵ (n.) 页边空白；边缘

3.geographically 地理学上；在地理上

geographically (adv.) 地理学上；在地理上

geography (n.) 地理学；地形

4.accurate 精确的

accurate (adj.) 精确的

inaccurate⁶ (adj.) 不正确的；不精确的

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 geographically   

adv.地理学上，在地理上，地理方面

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。 来自辞典例句
• All these events, however geographically remote, urgently affected Western financial centers. 所有这些事件，无论发生在地理上如何遥远的地方，都对西方金融中心产生紧迫的影响。 来自名作英译部分

5 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

6 inaccurate   

adj.错误的，不正确的，不准确的

参考例句：

• The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.这本书不但不准确，而且夸大其词。
• She never knows the right time because her watch is inaccurate.她从来不知道准确的时间因为她的表不准。