英語(yǔ)聽力：長(zhǎng)毛象王國(guó)-10

The fact that both horses and mammoths were here suggests these forests weren’t. It seems that, 14,000 years ago, Beringia was a huge expanse of open grassland.

This unique habitat of cold, dry grasslands is known as mammoths’ steppe. But that’s not how the region looks today. So why is it so different?

Fourteen thousand years ago, the climate here was heavily influenced by the vast blankets

1 grassland

n.牧場(chǎng)，草地，草原

參考例句：

There is a reach of grassland in the distance.遠(yuǎn)處是連綿一片的草原。

The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴風(fēng)雪襲擊了遼闊的草原。

2 grasslands

n.草原，牧場(chǎng)( grassland的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

Songs were heard ringing loud and clear over the grasslands. 草原上揚(yáng)起清亮激越的歌聲。 來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Grasslands have been broken and planted to wheat. 草原已經(jīng)開墾出來(lái)，種上了小麥。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》