【英语趣味课堂】厄瓜多尔-Ecuador

Jose: Ecuador, what do you want to know about my country?

 

Todd: Well, can you talk about Ecuador like, um, you're from Ecuador?

 

Jose: Yes, yes!

 

Todd: How big is Ecuador?

 

Jose: 80% of Japan.

 

Todd: Oh, really! 80% the size.

 

Jose: The size of Japan.

 

Todd: OK, what is the landscape like of the country?

 

Jose: Ecuador is a country where you can experience, they say, all seasons in one day. You have so many microclimates because you have the Andes ranges, you have the coast and then you have two ranges, mountains, it's got actually, it's called the avenue¹ volcanoes². It's got key mountains. It's very beautiful. You have these subtropical valleys and then you have, you go to the amazon basin³. You have the jungle. So you have the jungle from the coast, the jungle also going to the Amazon, and you have this beautiful area in the Andes, so it's very, very nice.

 

Todd: Oh, I want to go!

 

Jose: Please, please come!

 

Todd: OK, when is the best time of year to Ecuador?

 

Jose: Also, as I said the micro climate, that means⁴ that it depends on where you want to go. You want to go to the Galapagos the best time is from November to April probably.

 

Todd: I don't want to go there now because you scared me because you said about the people going there.

 

Jose: Yeah, yes! But it's a very beautiful place. I mean if you go just like tourist, you're going to, it's fantastic, it's a unique place. You can actually swim with the sea lions and they are chomping⁵ next to you, very beautiful. But I can not separate⁶ nature and from the people, so that is my problem. I think Ecuador is a very interesting place to be.

 

Todd: Well, I would like to go. I'd like to go Ecuador and learn Spanish actually.

 

Jose: Yeah, there are so many schools actually. There is a big business. Lots of music and culture. Mm, very pretty girls. That is the part that you like.

 

Todd: Maybe!

 

1 avenue   

n.林荫道；大街；途径，手段

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He drove slowly.The avenue was crowded with people.他慢慢地开车，因为大街上挤满了人。

2 volcanoes   

n.火山( volcano的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Volcanoes and geysers erupt. 火山和间歇喷泉均能喷发。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. 他现在比任何人都能更多地向我们讲述有关活火山的情况。 来自《用法词典》

3 basin   

n.脸盆；盆地，流域

参考例句：

• He washed his hands in a basin.他在盆里洗了手。
• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

5 chomping   

v.切齿，格格地咬牙，咬响牙齿( chomp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Elizabeth and Lawrence are chomping at the bit to go on vacation. 伊莉莎白和劳伦斯迫不及待要去度假了。 来自互联网
• She was chomping away on a bagel. 她在嘎蹦嘎嘣地啃着一个硬面包圈。 来自互联网

6 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。