雅思口语 city话题高分语料
1 hub 中心
This city is a business hub 这座城市是一个商业中心
2 edifice /ˈɛdɪfɪs/ N-COUNT An edifice is a large and impressive building. 大厦
At night the edifice is light up with dancing hallowed lights and locals sit on benches nearby to enjoy the display.
到了晚上,大厦的灯亮了,而其中心的灯光舞动着,当地人坐在路边的长凳上,欣赏着这美丽的夜色。
3 megalopolis /ˌmɛɡəˈlɒpəlɪs/ N-COUNT A megalopolis is a very large city, or an urban area that consists of several towns and cities. 特大城市; 特大城市带
· ...the densely populated megalopolis that stretches down the East Coast from Boston to Washington. ...沿着从波士顿到华盛顿的东海岸连绵不断、人口稠密的特大城市带。
4 expressways 高速公路
Cars clog intersection and expressways. Their exhaust clouds the sky and the air is full of the sound of horns. 汽车堵塞了十字路口和高速公路,排出的废气遮蔽了天空,空气中喇叭声不断。
5 peninsula /pɪ'nɪnsjʊlə/ 半岛
Standing on the tip of Kowloon Peninsula, visitors can gaze across Victoria Harbor to the full expanse of the Hong Kong Island skyline, with a total of 7,681 skyscrapers.
站在九龙半岛,在维多利亚港看着香港岛的漫漫天际线,7681座摩天大楼屹立着。