实战口语情景对话 第212期:骑马 The Horse Ride

 Jessica: Ashley have you ever been horsebackriding? 

杰西卡：阿什莉，你骑过马吗？

Ashley: Yes, I've actually been horseback riding a numbr of times. My grandparents have horses and my uncle. Actually, there was this one time where I was in Idaho visiting for the summer and my uncle, my grandpa took me on a horseback ride, a whole day trip kind of thing, and you know I'm not so great at the horsebackriding thing, you know, I get a little scared. Horses are pretty big animals, and um, so we were, it was beautiful. We were in the mountains, and we were going up this hill, this trail and we got to the top. You know the weather was beautiful when we started out, of course, it always is. We get to the top of the mountain and it starts to rain. Well not only does it start to rain, it starts to pour, and we hear the Thunder in the distance, and the horses get a little scared and the one I was on got really scared, and I look around and my uncle is taking shelter under a tree, and I'm looking around and we're on the very, very top of this ridge¹ of mountains, the top, like, the highest point, you know, and the lightning is coming and I see the only tree that hasn't been struck by lighting² is the one that my uncle is under with his horse and I'm scared and the horse is going crazy and I'm holding on and I'm thinking, "Oh, my God! I'm going to die!" But we got under the tree and we got down to a lower ridge and we made it, but it was scary.

阿什莉：骑过，其实我骑过很多次马。我祖父母和我叔叔都有马。实际上，有一次夏天我在爱达荷州游览，我叔叔和我爷爷带我去骑马了，我们大概用了一天的时间，你知道，我不是很擅长骑马，所以有些害怕。马真是很大的动物，嗯，不过很漂亮。我们是在山区，所以我们骑着马上山，并抵达山顶。你知道我们出发的时候天气非常好，当然，一直是这样。我们到山顶以后便开始下雨了。其实不是开始下雨，而是下起了瓢泼大雨，我们听见了远处的雷声，马有点儿受惊了，我骑的那匹马非常害怕，我四处张望，看见我叔叔在一棵树下避雨，我四处看了看，发现我们在非常高的山顶处，就像是最高点，你知道，闪电来的时候，我只看到一棵没有被闪电击中的树，那就是我叔叔和他的马避雨的那棵树，我简直吓坏了，而我的马就要发狂了，我一直紧紧抓着马的缰绳，我当时在想：“天哪，我要死了！”不过我们最终躲进了树下，而且设法去了一个较低的山脊，不过我真的吓坏了。 Jessica: So how apt³ were you to go back on that horse after that? 杰西卡：那你是怎么骑着那匹马回去的？

Ashley: Oh, well, I went, we finished the ride, and it was fine, after that you know, mountain storms, they come and go so quickly. By the time we got down the mountain we were dry and hot from the sun. But you know, got back on the horse the next day. 

阿什莉：哦，我们结束了骑马，那很棒，在山区暴雨之后，这些马开始走得很快。我们下山以后，就被太阳晒干了。不过你知道，我第二天又骑了那匹马。 

1 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

2 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

3 apt   

adj.易于，有...倾向，恰当的，聪明的

参考例句：

• Beginners are too apt to make mistakes in grammar.初学者极易犯语法错误。
• He is the most apt of all pupils.他是所有学生中最聪明的一个。