Most people I meet have some English ability, but the ones who work hard at it really stand out from the crowd.
我遇到的多数人都会点英语,但只有那些刻苦学习的人才鹤立鸡群,给我深刻印象。
as by falling into inaccessible caves, or into an ice crevasse, like the Siberian mammoths,
如掉进难以到达的洞穴,或掉进冰河裂缝里,或者像西伯利亚长毛象那样掉进冰窟中,