Cause and Effect Flashcards
Interior
The interior of the country
Nội địa, bên trong
Outback
It rains only eight centimeters in the outback
Vùng hẻo lánh
Aborigines
Only aborigines lived in Australia
Thổ dân
Turn into
Rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps
Change, Thay đổi
Expedition
A police officer was chosen to ead an expedition across the continent from south to north
Cuộc thám hiểm
Hemisphere
Winter in the southern hemisphere
Bán cầu
Loneliness
He was half crazy from hunger and loneliness
Cô đơn
Get along
The men made bad decisions, some did not follow orders and they did not get along
Hòa thuận
Exploration
Expidition, Cuộc thám hiểm
Borders
Only a few foreigners were able to cross its borders until recently
Biên giới
legal lines between countries
Run away
She ran away from school several times and even ran away to England when she was only 16
Chạy trốn, bỏ
Remain
He remained with her until his death at the age of 55
Stay, Ở lại Bên cạnh
Civil war
These years of civil war in China
Nội chiến
Remote
For the next seven years, she traveled in remote areas of China
Xa xôi, hẻo lánh
Beggar
She darkened her skin and dressed as an old beggar
Người ăn xin
Pass
She travelled through hot low lands and snowy mountain passes
Đèo
Sank
They lost a lot of their food when one of the ships sank in a storm
Chìm
Start for
Their two ships started for North America
Bắt đầu ở
Separate
This prove that North America and Asia were two separate continents
Rời nhau, Tách biệt nhau
Different
Ashore
Their water supply was low, but when the men went ashore in Alaska, they got water that was little salty.
Go ashore
Lên bờ
(adv)
Blizzards
Scott also had the bad luck of having extremely bad weather-days of blizzards and strong winds
Bão tuyết
Edge
Scott and his men built a base camp near the ocean’s edge and spent the winter here
Đường biên, cạnh
Border
Inland
They used sleds and ponies to carry a ton of supplies farther inland to a place
Đất liền
Interior
Domestic
Uneven
Scott and his men either walked through deep snow or skied over ice and uneven ground
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