Checkyour predictions in before you watch the video...
Theylived on a supercontinent that broke apart a long time ago...
Asthe dinosaurs adapted to live in their own environments, this gave rise todifferent dinosaur species.
...Thereason why is still a mystery.
老师,这是美国原版句子。
1) Checkyour predictions in - 这里的in的意思是?
2)我感觉应该是adapted toliving, 而不是tolive ? 原版会错吗?另外最后一句The reasonwhy is 是同位语从句吗?
adapt 可以作为不及物动词,后接不定式作结果状语。COCA语料库有不少类似例句,虽然词典没给出这种例句。
so plants have adapted to absorb fewer of them.
… where animals and humans alike have adapted tolive on the very edge of the world.
Mammals have adapted to live in the darkest ofcaves and the deepest oceans.
Although older adults have adapted to change alltheir lives, change is happening faster than ever before.
...and have adapted to survive without waterduring the summer.
This means they have adapted to have light bonesand organs, so they can run fast.
Giant pandas are technically carnivores, but theyhave adapted to live mostly on bamboo.
Plants and animals in desert habitats haveadapted to survive in the harsh conditions of deserts.
Polar bears have adapted to survive in one of themost rigorous environments in the world.
The serpentine plants evidently have adapted tomake efficient use of what little is available.
These two snakes have adapted to live in similarenvironments on opposite sides of the world.
Some floral organs have adapted to avoid contactwith water.
Their visual systems have adapted to enable themto survive in a completely different world.
These resourceful plants have adapted to survivewinter in an almost freeze-dried state.