Men occupy a very small place upon the Earth. If the two billion inhabitants who people its surface were all to stand upright and somewhat crowded together, as they do for some big public assembly, they could easily be put into one public square twenty miles long and twenty miles wide. All humanity could be piled up on a small Pacific islet.
〖精读笔记〗
◆紫色字体为表示与现在事实相反的“虚拟条件句”
谓语动词结构：if从句中谓语形式用did/were，主句谓语形式用would/could do
◆occupy [ˈɒkjupaɪ] vt. 占据，占领
◆inhabitant [ɪnˈhæbɪtənt] n. 居民；居住者
◆people 此处是动词“居住在；定居于”
◆surface [ˈsɜːfɪs] n. 表面；表层
◆to stand upright站直
◆somewhat [ˈsʌmwɒt] adv. 有点，稍微
◆crowded [ˈkraʊdɪd] adj. 拥挤的；塞满的
◆assembly [əˈsembli] n. 议会；集会
public assembly群众集会
◆square [skweər] adj.正方形的 n.广场
◆wide [waɪd] adj. 广泛的；宽的，广阔的
◆humanity [hjuːˈmænəti] n. 人类
◆pile [paɪl] vt. 堆放；堆积；叠架
pile up/pile sth up﹙使﹚堆积
e.g.
Snow was piling up against the windows.
雪堆积到了窗户上。
They piled the stones up in a corner of the yard.
他们把石头堆在院子的一角。
◆Pacific [pəˈsɪfɪk] adj. 太平洋的n. 太平洋
◆islet [ˈaɪlət] n. 小岛
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