“What does that mean ‘ephemeral’?”
“Geographies,” said the geographer, “are the books which, of all books, are most concerned with matters of consequence. They never become old-fashioned. It is very rarely that a mountain changes its position. It is very rarely that an ocean empties itself of its waters. We write of eternalthings.”
〖精读笔记〗
ephemeral [ɪˈfemərəl] adj. 短暂的；朝生暮死的
geography [dʒiˈɒɡrəfi] n. 地理；地理学
old-fashioned [ˌəʊld ˈfæʃnd] adj. 老式的；过时的
“It is/was +形容词/副词+ that从句”结构中，It为形式主语，That引导的主语从句是真正的主语。英语中习惯把长而复杂的成分放在句子尾部，即尾重原则。
rarely [ˈreəli] adv. 很少地；难得；罕有地
empty [ˈempti] adj. 空的vt. 使失去；使......成为空的
write of 写...；写有关（某事）
e.g.
Harry wrote of his adventures in the war every week.哈里每个星期都写他在战争中的历险记。
eternal [ɪˈtɜːnl] adj. 永恒的；不朽的
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