【英语趣味课堂】黎巴嫩-Lebanon

Todd: Now, Rina, you said that you family is from Lebanon. (Mm-hm) Have you been to Lebanon.?

 

Rina: I've gone three times. We usually go about three months at a time, and last summer was the first time I was embracing my culture. I spent a lot of my younger years pushing it away because, you know, I was different. I grew up in a small town. I wanted to be like everyone else, and then last summer, I went wanting to embrace my culture and I just fell in love with it. Yeah.

 

Todd: So talk a little about Lebanon. What's Lebanon. like?

 

Rina: Um, it's definitely an amazing country. There's a lot of history. It's right on the coast of the Mediterranean¹. It's all mountains, so it's scary as hell. You kiss the ground when you get out of the vehicle and you pray to god when you get in and, an interesting tid bit: in one of the season's, I believe it's in April or May, you can go swimming in the Mediterranean. in the morning and go skiing in the mountains in the afternoon.

 

Todd: That is cool.

 

Rina: In the same day.

 

Todd: Wow! Yeah, cause when people think of the Middle East, they think of hot.

 

Rina: Everybody thinks that it's like flat desserts, camels, and it's that stereotype² of the Middle East and it's nothing like that, it's more, I culture is closer to the Greek or Turkish culture than it is to the standard Middle Eastern culture.

 

Todd: Right.

 

Rina: Right. Very modern.

 

Todd: OK, well, actually, talk a little about Beirut. I hear that Beirut's just an amazing city.

 

Rina: Oh, it is. Well, right now, they're reconstructing everything because of the civil war and by the year 2025, it should be completely redone except there are some places that they're unable to do because of the historical facts. They're digging up underneath³ the city and finding Roman bath houses (Whoa) and there is, there's so much history there. It's one of the oldest cities in the world, so.

 

Todd: It sounds like a great place.

 

Rina: It's amazing. It's amazing and the night life there is unreal.

 

1 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

2 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。

3 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。