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In other places like the US, however,

cattle and sheep are kept on feedlot and are fed grain-based diets resulting in high levels of saturated fats and fewer healthy ones.

原句實等於=

In orther places like the US, however,

cattle and sheep are kept on feedlot and are fed grain-based diets resulting in high levels of saturated fats and fewer healthy fats.

複合形容詞

....-sized 什麼大小的

palm-sized 手掌般大小的

three to four lean palm-sized pieces of beef or lamb.

....-based 什麼為基礎的

grain-baed 榖類為基礎的

In other places like the US, however,

cattle and sheep are kept on feedlot and are fed grain-based diets resulting in hight levels of saturated fats and fewer healthy ones.

I didn't go to bed until 4:00 AM last night.

= Not until 4:00 AM did I go to bed last night. (倒裝句)

= It was not until 4:00 AM that I go to bed last night.

It is / was not until...+ that 子句
直到……才……

a. 此句型為 it is / was 引導的強勢句構，until 之後可接名詞或子句。

b. 由於 not until 引導的子句視為否定副詞子句，故置於句首時，其後的主要子句須採倒裝句構。
It was not until I asked for the check that I realized I had forgotten my wallet.

原句實等於 = I realized I had forgotten my wallet until I asked for the check.
直到要付帳時我才發現我忘了帶錢包。
Not until Tracy got her driver's license did her parents buy her a car.
直到崔西考上駕照後她爸媽才買了一輛車給她。

原句實等於 = Her parents didn't buy her a car until Tracy got her driver license.

It wasn't until people started learning how to farm that they evolved from the Stone Age.

直到人類學習到如何開始耕種,他們才從石器時代進化到下個階段.

They didn't evolved from the Stone Age until people started learning how to fram.

Not until people started learning how to farm did they evoled from the Stone Age.

astonishing / astonished 之比較

a. astonishing a. 驚人的
We watched the astonishing fireworks display from the roof of our building.
我們在自家大樓的屋頂觀賞那場驚人的煙火秀。

b. astonished a. 感到驚訝的
I was astonished at the results.
我對最後的結果感到很驚訝。

be shocked about..... 對....很震驚

Grace was so shocked about winning the beauty contest that she was speechless.

almost

注意
almost（幾乎）用來修飾數量形容詞時，這些形容詞必須是具有完全性概念的詞類，
故形容詞如 all（全部）、every（每一個）、
any（任一）、no（沒有）等字均可與 almost
並用，因此無 almost many（幾乎許多）或是 almost most（幾乎大部分）的用法，因 many 與 most 所表示的並非完全性的概念。
Almost many sailors are good swimmers.
(×)
→ Almost all sailors are good swimmers.
(○)
幾乎所有水手都很會游泳。