賴世雄觀光英語通42:平坦大地

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賴世雄旅游觀光英語通教你學(xué)會觀光旅游的各種對話、句子。

The Flat lands

平坦大地

Kathy and Evan leave Amsterdam to continue their journey through Europe.

凱西和艾凡離開阿姆斯特丹，繼續(xù)他們游歐洲的行程。

K:Gee, this land is so flat!

凱西：咦，這里的地真是平坦!

E:The Netherlands literally means "the down lands," which of course means "the lowlands."

艾凡：荷蘭(The Netherlands)字面上的意思是『洼地』，當(dāng)然就是『低地』的意思。

K:It's flat, but why do they say it's "low"?

凱西：地面很平坦呀，為什么他們要說是『低地』呢?

E:A lot of the Netherlands is actually below sea level. That's why there are dikes everywhere to keep out the sea water.

艾凡：實際上荷蘭許多陸地都低于海平面。那也就是荷蘭到處可見阻擋海水的堤防的原因了。

K:No wonder the Dutch are considered an industrious people. It's a constant fight against the sea for survival.

凱西：難怪荷蘭人被認(rèn)為是一個很勤奮的民族。為了生存他們和海洋長期博斗。

E:The Dutch are tough. Such a small country, but they've not only survived, they've prospered.

艾凡：荷蘭人很吃苦耐勞的。這么一個小國家，他們不僅生存，而且還興盛繁榮。

K:It's true. You hardly see any poverty here.

凱西：你說的沒錯。在這里幾乎看不到貧窮。

E:Oh, look! There are a couple of old windmills on that farm.

艾凡：哦，看那邊!那個農(nóng)場上有幾座風(fēng)車。

K:How pretty! Let's stop here a minute. I want to take a picture.

凱西：好漂亮哦!咱們在這里停一下子吧。我想照張相。

E:Sure. I'll get off at this exit. Then you can take pictures to your heart's content.

艾凡：沒問題，我在下個出口下公路，然后你可以拍個痛快。

K:Thanks. Oh, if you're hungry, there are a couple of sandwiches and drinks in the cooler. Mrs. Van Helsing made the sandwiches especially for us.

凱西：謝啦。哦，你如果餓了，冰桶里面有幾塊三明治和飲料。這些三明治是凡?赫爾辛太太特別為我們做的。

E:That woman is a saint!

艾凡：那位女士真是好心!

單詞短語精講：

1. literally 照字面上

2. be below sea level低于海平面

be above sea level高于海平面

例:The Dead Sea in Israel is several huncdred meters below sea level，while Mt. Everest is more than 8 , 800 meters above sea level.

(位于以色列和約旦之間的死海低于海平面數(shù)白米，而珠穆朗瑪峰則

高于海平面8 800米以上。)

3 .industrious 勤奮的

industrial 工業(yè)的

4. survival 生存

survive 生存;生還&vt山……生還;比……晚死

survive sth./從……生還

survive sb.比某人晚死

例:In some parts of llfi-ica，people'、only concern is survival.

(在非洲有些地方人們唯一關(guān)心的是生存。)

The man resorted to begging to survive.

(那名男子靠乞討茍活。)

None of her three children survived the war.

(她的三名子女都沒有從戰(zhàn)爭一中生還。)

Some men prefer to die with，rather than survive，their wives.

(有些男人寧愿和他們太太一起死也不愿比她們晚死。)

5 . tough 堅毅的，吃苦耐勞的

6. prosper 繁榮，興隆

prosperous 繁榮的，興隆的

prO5perltV 繁榮，興隆

例:In the current economic climate，it is di$icult for businessmen to prosper.

(在目前的經(jīng)濟(jì)氣候下，生意人要賺大錢很難。)

Bankers always seem to be prosperous no matter what is happening in the economy

(不管經(jīng)濟(jì)如何，銀行家好像都還是賺錢。)

In times of prosperity，restaurants do a very good business.

(經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮時，餐廳生意興隆。)