We are lucky in that only the lower fields, which make up a very small proportion of our farm, are effected by flooding,
值得慶幸的是，只有低洼的受到洪水影響，而低洼地在我們農場比例很小。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 運氣好的，僥幸的;兆頭好的，吉祥的;〈俚〉難得;很恰當的;
?? luck幸運 + y ...的→ 幸運的；吉祥的
"a happy-go-lucky sort of person"
樂天派的人
近義：jammy, privileged, propitious, successful, fortunate, happy
反義：luckless, ominous, poor, baleful, unblessed, unblest
n. 比，比率;[數學]比例（法）;面積;相稱，平衡;
vt. 使成比例;使相稱;使均衡;
?? pro前面+port部分，分開+ion名詞后綴→成分其中一部分→[所占]比例
"Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface."
水覆蓋了地球表面的大部分。
近義：proportionate, accommodate, adapt, fit, proportionality, balance
反義：hype, magnify, overstate, stretch, dramatize, bulge
flooding
['fl?d??]
n. 泛濫;[化]溢流;[醫]血崩;產后出血;
v. 淹沒(flood的現在分詞);充滿;溢出;
?? flo(flow)+od(名詞后綴)→泛濫；洪水
"The conjunction of heavy rains and strong winds caused flooding."
大雨和大風加在一起造成了洪水泛濫.
近義：inundation, rise, swamping, alluvium, waterlogging, flood
adj. 下方的;在底部的;較低級的;
v. 降低;減少;縮小;
"the lower deck of a ship"
船的下甲板
近義：lessen, reduce, slack, slacken, trim, deescalate
反義：heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
adj. 小的;難為情的;低級的，卑劣的;細微的，微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 細小部分，腰部;瑣碎東西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
這些顆粒聚結形成較大的團。
近義：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反義：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital