天災預言家？動物行為的真相不只一個！Sensing the Unseen: Warnings Hidden in Animal Behavior

I’d like to open a savings account at the bank.
我想在銀行開一個儲蓄帳戶。

I read an account of the plane crash in the newspaper.
我在報紙上讀到一篇有關墜機事件的報導。

Larry failed the exam on account of laziness.
賴瑞因懶惰而沒通過考試。

Before asking Bob to handle this huge mission, you should take his physical condition into account.
你要鮑伯處理此一艱鉅的任務之前，應要先考慮他的身體狀況。

Hard work accounts for Daisy’s success.
努力是黛西成功的原因。

TV violence is not a new phenomenon in Taiwan.
電視暴力在臺灣不是個新現象。

My brother likes to watch TV programs on supernatural phenomena.
我弟弟喜歡看有關超自然現象的電視節目。

The criminal managed to flee the country.
該罪犯成功逃出國。

Judy quit just to flee from the boring routine of a nine-to-five job.
茱蒂為了逃避每天朝九晚五的生活而辭職。

Political instability can devastate a nation's economy.
政局不穩可能會摧毀一個國家的經濟。

The manager abandoned the plan to set up a new factory in Mexico.
經理放棄在墨西哥建立新廠的計畫。

After his girlfriend left him, Peter abandoned himself to eating.
彼得的女友離他而去後，他就沉溺於暴食。

You can scatter some sand on the ice so you don’t slip.
在冰上撒點沙子，這樣你就不會滑倒了。

The strong wind scattered the leaves all around.
一陣強風把葉子吹得四散。

The mob began to scatter in all directions after riot police fired tear gas.
鎮暴警察發射催淚瓦斯後，暴民開始四散離開。

There were no people in the square; just a scatter of birds.
廣場上沒有人，只有零星的鳥兒。

You can activate your account with this fourdigit code.
你可以用這組四位數密碼啟用你的帳戶。

None of the evidence was compelling enough to convict the suspect.
這些證據都沒有充分到足以證明該嫌犯有罪。

So far it’s still very difficult for scientists to make accurate predictions about earthquakes.
到目前為止，科學家要對地震做出準確的預測仍然很困難。

Dad predicted that I would win the contest, and he was right.
老爸預測我會贏得這次的比賽，結果他是對的。

A very destructive typhoon left hundreds of people homeless on the island.
一場極具破壞力的颱風讓島上數百名民眾無家可歸。

The greenhouse effect is destructive to the ecology of the Arctic area.
溫室效應對北極地區的生態具有破壞性。

Wildlife in Taiwan has lost large areas of natural habitat because of urban sprawl.
由於城區肆意擴展，臺灣的野生動物失去了大片的自然棲息地。

Vibrations could still be felt 20 minutes after the 
earthquake took place. 
地震過後 20 分鐘仍可感覺到震動。

Panic does not help when one is in a dangerous situation.
陷入險境時，驚恐是無濟於事的。

I panicked at the sight of the poisonous snake.
我一看到那條毒蛇就驚慌起來。

Amy scheduled her holiday to coincide with her grandfather’s birthday this year.
艾咪今年把她的假期安排跟她爺爺生日同一天。