Preliminary alignment

preliminary [prɪ'lɪmɪnɛri]

adj. 初步的，初级的;预备的;开端的;序言的; n. 准备工作;预赛;初步措施;（对学生等的）预考;

pre预先+limin门槛，限制+ary形容词后缀→入门以前→初步的

alignment [ə'laɪnmənt]

n. 队列，排成直线;结盟;校直，调整;[工]准线;

lino, lin, lign 【希腊传入拉丁】=line,表示”直线,线条”

Where do you work?, What school do you go to?

“你在哪工作？”，“你在哪儿上学？”。

I'm serious.

我是认真的。

The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in Leningrad. Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous other creatures that are found at Rancho la Brea,which is now just a suburb of Los

这头长毛象已被修复，现存于圣彼得堡古生物学博物馆。有的动物掉进天然沥清坑里被保存下来，如在兰桥。拉。布里 -- 现在是洛杉矶的郊区发现的大象、剑齿虎和许多其他动物。