Everything in the universe is zigzagging along. There is no straight path.

----- Emerson (an American thinker)

背名人名言,记英语知识(20)

宇宙间的一切事物都在曲折地前进。没有笔直的路线。

------ 爱默生(美国思想家)

Learn the following words by heart:

1.universe n.宇宙。如:

The universe is slowly yielding up its secrets.

宇宙慢慢地展现出它的秘密。

The idea of a parallel universe is hard to grasp.

认为另有一个平行宇宙的概念是很难理解的。

He lives in a little universe of his own.

他生活在自己的小天地里。

universal adj.普遍的;全体的;全世界的;共同的。

universally adv. 全体地;一致地;共同地。

2.zigzag n.锯齿形线条或形状;之字形。

v.曲折前进。如:

The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags.

小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

The narrow path zigzags up the cliff.

狭窄的小路曲曲折折地通向悬崖。

3.path n.小路;小径;路线;道路。如:

Follow the path through the woods.

沿着这条小路通过树林。

The path led up a steep hill.

小路通向一座陡峭的山丘。

He threw himself into the path of an oncoming vehicle.

他冲入迎面有汽车驶来的路中。

Three men blocked her path.

三个男人挡住了她的去路。