footnotes for learning English 5

1. develop some sickness 患什麼病
ex: His father developed asthma(患氣喘病).

2. one be ... times the other one某一個東西是另一個東西的幾倍
ex:The earth is 49 times the size of the moon.

3.pour in 湧入 (to arrive continuously and in large mounts)
ex:Orders and appeals for new inventions have poured in from as far as Los Angeles, Istanbul and Dubai.

4.mecca 吸引人潮的地方,麥加
ex:India may be better known for its high-flying entrepreneurs who have turned the nation into a high-tech center and outsourcing mecca.

5. come up with 提出想法
ex: India's backyard inventors are coming up with creations that their backers hope will make it big, solve a few of the world's problems, boost India's exports, and continue cutting the country's dismal(令人沮喪的) poverty rate(貧困率).

6. whisk 快速且突然地帶走
ex:The solar-powered motorboat can whisk fishermen or eco-tourists silently and pollution-free(無污染地) through river backwaters.

7.alter someone to something警告某人某事發生
ex: To these inventors' credit, there is an ultra-efficient engine, and a low-cost alarm system designed to alert pedestrians to oncoming trains in foggy weather.

8 every time 每當
ex: There is even a mechanical speed bump that generate electricity every time a car passes.