分类：教育/科学-外语学习
问题：翻译thispatternformsinareaswhereth 
this pattern forms in areas where there are alternating bands of variae resistance, and by that i mean the bands of rock that are very strong and resistant to erosion alternate with bands of_rock that are weak and easily eroded.
回答：alternate,交替出现，楼上的其他部分翻得还比较到位，就差这个alternate没译对，也就全盘皆输了，那个词很重要的。还有 by  that i mean  我意思是