听播客学英语 227 海边

 　　Welcome back. I hope you had a good summer. I hope too that you like the redesign of the web-site.

　　Where do British families go for a summer holiday? Nowdays, of course, many families fly to Spain or Greece or Florida, or to more exotic¹ places. But the traditional British family holiday is a seaside holiday – a week (or, if you are really brave, a fortnight) in a caravan² or a cottage or a small hotel close to one of the beautiful beaches around the British coast. Here are some of the things you can do on a seaside holiday:

　　paddling in the sea

　　climbing on the rocks

　　exploring rock pools, and finding crabs³ and other little creatures in them

　　building sand castles

　　damming streams

　　collecting sea-shells

　　flying a kite

　　eating ice-cream

　　There are of course risks and dangers in a British seaside holiday! The most important are:

　　the weather – a British summer can be cool and wet.

　　sand, which gets exerywhere – in your hair, in your clothes and shoes, and between your toes

　　jellyfish, which may sting⁴ you when you are swimming in the sea

　　the food in English sea-side cafes!

　　A British seaside holiday can be a lot of fun – but it helps if you know how to enjoy yourself in the rain!

　　There is a Grammar and Vocabulary note for this podcast

1 exotic   

adj.奇异的，异乎寻常的，外（国）来的，外国产

参考例句：

• There are some exotic words in English language.英语中有一些外来词。
• She likes to wear exotic clothes.她喜欢穿奇装异服。

2 caravan   

n.大蓬车；活动房屋

参考例句：

• The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
• Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

3 crabs   

n.蟹( crab的名词复数 )；阴虱寄生病；蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 sting   

vt.激怒，刺痛，刺伤，蛰伤；n.刺痛，刺伤

参考例句：

• Most flies do not sting.大多数苍蝇不叮人。
• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。