实战口语情景对话 第294期:The Galapagos 加拉帕戈斯群岛

 　　Todd: OK, Jose, you just said you went to the Galapagos Islands.

　　托德：好，何塞，你说你去过加拉帕戈斯群岛。

　　Jose: Yes.

　　何塞：没错。

　　Todd: Can you talk about the Galapagos?

　　托德：你能谈谈加拉帕戈斯群岛吗？

　　Jose: Yes, the Galapagos, as everybody knows is such a unique place and I went there and by chance I was in the same tour like with President Carter.

　　何塞：当然，就像所有人都知道的那样，加拉帕戈斯群岛是一个非常独特的地方，我在偶然间遇到了去那里旅行的卡特总统。

　　Todd: Really!

　　托德：真的吗？

　　Jose: Yeah!

　　何塞：对！

　　Todd: Wow! He's my favorite president.

　　托德：哇！他是我最喜欢的总统。

　　Jose: Well, it's so interesting because you know the guy was, I mean when went there, all of a sudden I had this strange people looking at me. I say, "What happened? What's wrong?" There were 8 bodyguards¹ with the guy.

　　何塞：嗯，这很有意思，因为你知道当时他……，我是说我去那里的时候，突然看到一个奇怪的人看着我。于是我问：“发生什么事了？怎么了？”当时他身边有8名保镖。

　　Todd: No kidding! 托德：别开玩笑了！ Jose: Yes! He was with his wife and his daughter and the child. Yeah it was interesting. You know that's just one anecdote² but still, I'm , the Galapagos Islands, what I can tell you is that, it's a unique place, but you have to go there, sooner than later is better because I think the whole ecosystem³ will collapse⁴.

　　何塞：就是这样！他和妻子、女儿、外孙一起去度假。这很有意思。你知道这只是一件轶事，不过我可以告诉你，加拉帕戈斯群岛是一个独特的地方，我认为你一定要尽早去那里看看，因为我想那里的整个生态系统将会崩塌。

　　Todd: Oh, no!

　　托德：哦，不！

　　Jose: Yeah! The situation is very complicated because lack of ---- of the government. The poor fisherman, and they don't have any kind of way to actually make a living by destroying the system. And all the money just goes to the big tourist companies that are taking tourists and you go to the capital, to Quito, but the people on the Islands, they don't have money, so they are, there's no control, for fishing, I mean, sharks and lobsters⁵ and tuna and so on, so everything is terrible. I was very very upset with the situation, and also you know, it's a kind of tourism for rich people and I was the only Ecuadorian in the group

　　何塞：是这样。那里的情况非常复杂，因为缺少政府的管理。那里的渔民很贫穷，由于生态系统被破坏，实际上他们并没有谋生的方法。而所有的营利都进了大型旅游公司的口袋，他们会带游客旅游，你可能会去首都基多，但是那些岛上的人们没有收入来源，所以那里对渔业并没有管制，我是说，他们会捕食鲨鱼、龙虾、金枪鱼等等，所有的事情都非常糟糕。我对那里的现状非常担心，而且你知道，这对富人来说是旅游，而我是那个团里唯一的厄瓜多尔人。

　　Todd: Really! That's not good.

　　托德：真的吗？那不太好。

　　Jose: Yes, that's not good. You know we were just servers and waitresses and waiters and Ecuadorians so, for me it was, I was 5 days there. You know it's very beautiful to see the animals and birds but me being an Ecuadorian I had a completely different point of view. I was very disappointed frankly⁶.

　　何塞：对，不太好。你知道我们只是服务员、服务生、厄瓜多尔人，我在那里待了五天的时间。你知道见到那些动物和鸟类是件美好的事情，但是我作为厄瓜多尔人来说，却有着完全不同的看法。坦率地说，我非常失望。

1 bodyguards   

n.保镖，卫士，警卫员( bodyguard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks came to Jim's office accompanied—like always—by his two bodyguards. 和往常一样，在两名保镖的陪同下，布鲁克斯去吉姆的办公室。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. 在这次袭击事件中，他有3名保镖受了伤。 来自辞典例句

2 anecdote   

n.轶事，趣闻，短故事

参考例句：

• He departed from the text to tell an anecdote.他偏离课文讲起了一则轶事。
• It had never been more than a family anecdote.那不过是个家庭趣谈罢了。

3 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

4 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

5 lobsters   

龙虾( lobster的名词复数 )； 龙虾肉

参考例句：

• I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters. 我对如何烹调那些乌贼和龙虾毫无概念。
• She sold me a couple of live lobsters. 她卖了几只活龙虾给我。

6 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。