🇬🇧🇨🇳 permafrost - 永久冻土 : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "permafrost" ("永久冻土"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Permafrost is ground that is so cold it stays frozen all year long, even in summer. It’s like the Earth’s giant freezer under the dirt, where the soil, rocks, and even old plants and animal remains stay frozen and hard instead of melting.
The permafrost is like nature’s freezer, except you might accidentally discover a very old mammoth instead of leftover pizza.
On permafrost, even my terrible snowman sculpture stays forever, reminding everyone I can’t stack snowballs.
Our teacher said permafrost is frozen ground, so I asked if the Earth just forgot to pay its heating bill.
I tried to dig a hole in the permafrost, but the shovel just complained and asked for a vacation to the beach.
When permafrost thaws, it can reveal ancient things like plants and even woolly mammoths that have been frozen for thousands of years, basically turning the ground into a time-travel freezer.
A boy and his dog cross the permafrost plain. He stomps; the permafrost rings under his boots. He pries with a stick and the permafrost holds fast. He digs with a little shovel—metal sings on permafrost and sparks fly. The dog sniffs a warm crack in the permafrost and whines. They laugh at the permafrost and walk home.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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