今日小常识

　　The leatherback is the world's biggest turtle and listed as 'Critically Endangered', largely because of the turtles being snared in fishing gear and the poaching of their eggs. Typically between one and two metres long, the animals weigh up to three-quarters of a tonne and can swim across entire oceans.

　　棱皮龟是龟鳖目中体型最大者，现在被列为“极度濒危”动物。造成此状况的原因很大成度上是由于棱皮龟会被人类的捕鱼设备套住致死，外加乌龟蛋也常被偷猎 。棱皮龟体长一至两米，体重能达到四分之三吨。它们能游过整个海洋。

　　今日短语

　　当某人或某事 stare you in the face 的时候，比喻什么事情很明显，就在眼前。

　　例句

　　The detective realised soon that the solution to his case had been staring him in the face all along: the murderer was the butler!

　　If we stay calm in a crisis we might find out that the way out of it is staring us in the face.

　　请注意

　　另一个短语 stare someone down 的意思是施加压力，让他人让步或投降。

　　例句

　　I'm a very persistent person and, even if they keep staring me down, I’ll never give up on joining their posh country club!

编辑：张雨

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