Did you know that every day you do a shrinking act, too? You aren’t as tall at the end of the day as you are at the beginning. That’s because as the day goes on, water in the disks of the spine gets compressed (squeezed)due to gravity, making you just a tiny bit shorter. Don’t worry, though.____5_____
词汇:
gravity .地心引力,重力 vertebra 椎骨 degenerate 退化
osteoporosis骨质疏松 spongy 松软的,不结实的 disk 盘,板
compress 压缩;浓缩 shrink 萎缩;缩小;使缩小 wacky /古怪的;疯了似的
accidentally 意外地 oops 哎哟 magically 魔术般地
muscle 肌肉 spine 脊椎
注释:
1.The kids spend the rest of the movie as tiny people who are barely visible while trying to get back to their normal size.这部电影接下来讲的就是这些小得几乎看不见的孩子们设法恢复原来身高的故事。
2.an inch or so off of their adult height:比他们是成年人时的高度缩小一英寸左右
3.take hold:生根;固定;确立下来;紧抓不放
4.break down:损坏,坏掉,出毛病
5.collapse into one another:萎缩在一起
6.end up:结束,告终
7.to begin with:原先,本来
练习:
A. They end up6 pressing closer together, which makes a person lose a little height and become shorter.
B. Once you get a good night’s rest, your body recovers, and the next morning, you’re standing tall again!