【英语趣味课堂】海岸攀爬-Coasteering

Dai: So, you mentioned coasteering. What is that?

Sharron: Right. What it is, it's organized by some groups of people. It can be quite dangerous but it's very well-run in that you all go out in wetsuits, and you'll go out for a few hours around the coast and what you basically¹ do, is you're walking around the rocks of the coast right on the sea level, so areas that you can't actually walk around the coast on the rocks, you jump in the sea and swim, so lots of people like to do that, cause it's a little more dangerous with the sea currents³ and all the activities. You know, you could get stuck and ... but, you know, it's handled very well and it's quite a thrilling⁴ sport to do.

 

Dai: So, I guess you can like do jumping into the sea ...

 

Sharron: You jump in. They mainly ... you know they do it carefully, they mainly get you to jump in. Where you can't climb the rocks, you jump in and swim round to another area. You can climb up and it's just basically going from cove⁵ to cove on the sea ... on the sea level ... and around the sea rather than being up on the cliff⁶, on the land walking around seeing the scenery⁷ you're actually down ...

 

Dai: Have you had a go at it?

 

Sharron: No, but I would like to. I can't find anybody to go with me yet.

 

Dai: So, if I was going to do coasteering, what kind of equipment would I need?

 

Sharron: I think they provide you with a full length wetsuit and the shoes that go with it as well. You'd also need ... probably to be a pretty good swimmer. You can't really go unless you can swim pretty well. But they have guides with you all the time. You don't go out in a group and do it on your own because that's far too dangerous. They know exactly the best places to go and I think it would probably cost, a day's activity like that, would probably cost you thirty pound each, I would imagine. I haven't been myself so I don't know exactly but ...

 

Dai: Thirty pounds.

 

Sharron: Yeah. Which is quite a lot of money but it is good fun and it's not something you'd do every day. It's a, you know, once a year ...

 

Dai: Sounds pretty reasonable, to me, for a day.

 

Sharron: Well, there's some beautiful things you can see. You see a lot more from that level down at the sea than you would ...

 

Dai: Oh, right. OK.

 

Sharron: Very often you'll have things like the sea lions or whatever you see close up the seals, sorry not the sea lions. You'll see close up and lots of different fish and things that you may not get to see.

 

Dai: Any sharks?

 

Sharron: I don't think so.

 

Dai: OK.

 

Sharron: No dangerous ones anyway. But you may see dolphins. We do have dolphins that come up and ...

 

Dai: ... oh nice

 

Sharron: Yeah, really good. I don't think they come very close but then, you know, they can be seen.

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

well-run

 

It's very well-run.

 

When something is well-run that means⁸ it is very organized. Notice the following:

 

That hotel is very well-run.

It is not a well-run business. They are losing money.

stuck

 

You could get stuck by the sea current².

 

When you get stuck that means you are forced to stay in one place.  Notice the following:

 

I can't come now. I am stuck in a meeting.

Bob got stuck in traffic.

handle

 

The tour is handled very well.

 

When we handle something that means we take care of it.  Notice the following:

 

Joe handles,  all the overseas⁹ clients¹⁰.

Do you think you can handle the meeting today?

not something you do every day

 

Swimming with dolphins is not something you'd do every day.

 

We use the phrase¹¹ 'not something you'd do everyday' to talk about an activity or experience that is very unusual.  Notice the following:

 

In Europe seeing an elephant walk down a city street is not something you'd see every day, but in Bangkok it is.

Meeting the President is not something you'd do everyday.

reasonable

 

That sounds pretty reasonable.

 

The word reasonable can almost always be replaced by 'OK'.  Notice the following:

 

The food is not delicious but the prices are reasonable.

It is not reasonable for you to do the work of two people.

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 current   

n.涌流，趋势，电流，水流，气流；adj.当前的，通用的，流通的，现在的，草写的，最近的

参考例句：

• Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.电流常强得足以致命。
• There is a story about her in the current number.最近一期上有关于她的故事。

3 currents   

电流( current的名词复数 )； 水流； 流速

参考例句：

• The motorboat cut across swift currents and skirted dangerous reefs. 汽艇穿过激流，绕过险滩。
• She was swept away by the treacherous currents. 她给凶险的激流卷走了。

4 thrilling   

adj.令人兴奋的；毛骨悚然的；颤动的；震颤的v.“thrill”的现在分词

参考例句：

• Her voice had a strange and thrilling resonance. 她的声音洪亮，有一种奇特的震撼人心的效果。
• It's a thrilling movie even though it lacks subtlety. 这部电影虽说不算精巧，但还是扣人心弦的。

5 cove   

n.小海湾，小峡谷

参考例句：

• The shore line is wooded,olive-green,a pristine cove.岸边一带林木蓊郁，嫩绿一片，好一个山外的小海湾。
• I saw two children were playing in a cove.我看到两个小孩正在一个小海湾里玩耍。

6 cliff   

n.悬崖，峭壁

参考例句：

• The cliff edge is dangerous and should be railed.崖边危险，应该用栏杆围起来。
• He took the measure of the cliff before he climbed it.他把悬崖的高度估量一下后再攀登。

7 scenery   

n.景色，风景，场景，场面

参考例句：

• The west lake is famous for its beautiful scenery.西湖以风景优美著称。
• She enjoys mountain scenery.她喜欢山景。

8 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。

9 overseas   

adj.海外的；adv.在海外

参考例句：

• Her man has been sent overseas by his employers.她的丈夫已被雇主派往海外。
• Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

10 clients   

n.顾客( client的名词复数 )；当事人；诉讼委托人；[计算机]客户端

参考例句：

• a lawyer with many famous clients 拥有许多著名委托人的律师
• She understood the importance of establishing a close rapport with clients. 她懂得与客户建立密切和谐的关系的重要性。

11 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。