【英语趣味课堂】好地方-Great Places

Todd: OK, now Keren, Hello.

 

Keren: Hello.

 

Todd: I thought we would talk about travelling. Now you've travelled to many places, many continents¹.

 

Keren: Yes.

 

Todd: Can you talk about some of the places you've been to.

 

Keren: Yes. First of all, I spent about four and a half months in Australia. I suppose the most amazing place I went to there was Uluru.

 

Todd: Uluru.

 

Keren: Ayers Rock. And it's just an incredible² place which is... the land is very barren³ and very red and the sky is very blue and it's just beautiful.

 

Todd: Wow, And what's it called again?

 

Keren: Uluru.

 

Todd: Uluru. OK, besides there, anywhere else?

 

Keren: I've also been to South America. I spent a year in Peru⁴ and while I was there I went to Machu Picchu.

 

Todd: Machu Picchu. What is Machu Picchu?

 

Keren: Machu Picchu is an ancient ruin⁵ of an old Inca town.

 

Todd: Do you know how old it is?

 

Keren: Probably about seven hundred, eight hundred years old, I think. It's not actually that old.

 

Todd: Oh, really.

 

Keren: Really.

 

Todd: Huh! That's interesting.

 

Keren: Yeah.

 

Todd: OK, any other places?

 

Keren: I spent quite a lot of time in Spain and the most interesting place I went there was Granada.

 

Todd: Granada.

 

Keren: Yeah.

 

Todd: OK, what's in Granada?

 

Keren: The Alhambra which is the old Muslim capitol of Spain. And it's an amazing old town with Muslim palaces.

 

Todd: And there is just one palace or is there many, many palaces?

 

Keren: There is many, many ruins⁶ and there's a lot to do. You can spend the whole day there walking around the different old buildings that were built in different times.

 

Todd: Very cool. So, you've seen something in Australia, in South America, in Europe, how about Asia?

 

Keren: Asia. I've been to Japan and Thailand and Malaysia and Singapore.

 

Todd: And what is you favorite place in Asia?

 

Keren: Hm. It's a difficult question. I liked Hokkaido.

 

1 continents   

n.洲，大陆( continent的名词复数 )；欧洲大陆（不包括英国和爱尔兰）

参考例句：

• The seas are rising and the continents are rocking. 四海翻腾，五洲震荡。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The Five Continents are rocking, wind and thunder roaring. 五洲震荡风雷激。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

3 barren   

adj.贫瘠的，不（生）育的，没有结果的

参考例句：

• The place used to be a stretch of barren land.早先这里是一片不毛之地。
• The barren land could produce little food.那贫瘠的土地几乎不长庄稼。

4 Peru   

n.秘鲁(南美洲国家)

参考例句：

• Lima is the capital of peru.利马是秘鲁的首都。
• China and peru are friendly countries.中国和秘鲁是友好国家。

5 ruin   

vt.（使）毁坏；（使）毁灭；n.(复)废墟；遗迹

参考例句：

• How can you stand by and watch the country go to ruin?你怎么可以看着国家将亡而无动于衷呢？
• The old empty house soon went to rack and ruin.这所旧的空房子很快就毁坏了。

6 ruins   

n.毁坏( ruin的名词复数 )；废墟；破败；完全丧失v.破坏( ruin的第三人称单数 )；毁掉；使破产；使沦落

参考例句：

• We plan to visit the venerable ruins of the abbey. 我们计划去访问该修道院的珍贵的历史遗址。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war. 这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。 来自《简明英汉词典》