rivers

Flooding was caused by water gushing into rivers from uplands .

从山地奔流而下的水涌入河中引发了洪水。

Where do the two rivers meet ?

这两条河在什么地方汇合？

The university is on the left bank of the river .

大学在河的左岸。

I could sit and watch the river all day long .

我可以整天坐在这里看那条河。

The general had to get his troops across the river .

将军必须让部队过河。

They followed the line of the river for three miles .

他们沿着那条河走了三英里。

The scientists are taking water samples from the river .

科学家正从河中采水样。

The path follows the course of the river .

小路沿河道延伸。

One of the kids fell into the river .

小孩中有一个掉进了河里。

It was high summer and the rivers were dry .

正值盛夏，河流都干涸了。

The path led through the trees to the river .

这条小路穿过树林通向河边。

The bridge was destroyed so we couldn 't get across the river .

大桥已经毁坏，我们无法过河了。

They continued until they came to a river .

他们继续往前一直来到河边。

Our land extends as far as the river .

我们的土地一直延伸到河边。

The kids were playing by the river and one of them fell in .

孩子们在河边玩耍时，其中一个突然落水了。

Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river .

工厂里的污水被抽到了附近的河里。

The plants grow wild along the banks of rivers .

沿河两岸生长着野生植物。

You need a licence to fish in this river .

你在这条河里钓鱼要有许可证。

Two children drowned after falling into the river .

两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。

That 's where the river meets the sea .

这条河就在这里流入大海。

We enjoyed a day 's fishing by the river .

我们在河边享受了一天垂钓之乐。

Our farm land was adjacent to the river .

我们的农田在河边。

Here the river is confined in a narrow channel .

这条河在这里流入狭窄的河床。

The land falls away sharply towards the river .

地势向河边陡然倾斜。

The road runs parallel to the river .

这条路和这条河是平行的。

The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed .

这种鱼长成以后回到河中产卵。

The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories .

当地工厂排放的有毒废弃物污染了这条河。

He offered to ferry us across the river in his boat .

他提出坐他的船把我们渡过河。

Where 's the nearest bridge across the river ?

过河最近的桥在哪儿？

The Yangtze river is a natural barrier to the north-east .

长江是东北方向的一道天然屏障。