英語口語學(xué)習(xí)資料:徹底過時了

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英語口語頻道為大家整理的英語口語學(xué)習(xí)資料:徹底過時了,供大家參考:)
    例句
    In the past people used to watch and record videos on VHS, but now that format is as dead as a dodo.
    The perception that smoking is good for your health is now as dead as a dodo.
    請注意
    我們用 dead duck 來形容一件事情不怎么成功。
    Frank's coffee shop business was a dead duck sadly. His coffee was just awful, and the shop was in a bad location.
    The flightless dodo was first discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in the late 16th Century. Within a few decades they were extinct. Before the arrival of man, the dodo is thought to have evolved to such a large size because it had no natural predators and plentiful food.
    沒有飛行能力的渡渡鳥16世紀末在印度洋島國毛里求斯被發(fā)現(xiàn)。不過,在被發(fā)現(xiàn)短短幾十年后,這種鳥就徹底滅絕了。據(jù)說在人類到達這個島國之前,渡渡鳥體形龐大,因為島上有大量豐富的食物供它們享用,而且沒有天敵與它們搏斗。