英文原版对话1000个:1108 Boys Camp

Lindsay: So we're talking about camp today. Did you ever go to camp when you were a kid?

Warren: I did. I usually went to Cub¹ camp, you know like Boy Scouts³.

 

Lindsay: OK. Was it during the summer?

 

Warren: Yes, it would always be in the summer.

 

Lindsay: And was it for a week or a month?

 

Warren: I can't recall, it probably was about a week.

 

Lindsay: About a week. What did you do at Cub camp?

 

Warren: We'd do different things. One thing I remember is archery.

 

Lindsay: Archery?

 

Warren: Yeah, like bows and arrows. So we would have a target and we would practice trying to hit the target and I was really bad at it. I remember always, it's quite difficult and I would hurt my arm with the bow. But then after we were trying to get the target I remember we did distance as well and I was actually pretty good at that. I figured out how to get a long shot away and I think, I might be lying, but I think I maybe got the longest shot than anyone else.

 

Lindsay: Wow. Congratulations. OK, besides archery were there other games you played or sports you did?

 

Warren: Yeah, we would learn how to canoe and we'd swim and we'd go on hikes. We learned how to navigate⁴ through the forest with a compass.

 

Lindsay: OK. Did you learn how to start fire without matches?

 

Warren: We did, yeah. We'd use two sticks, rub them together and start a fire.

 

Lindsay: Wow. What would you guys do at night? Would you play games or have campfires?

 

Warren: Yes, we'd always have a campfire at night. We'd sing some songs, Kumbaya, and put on some skits⁵ and tell ghost stories but my favorite thing to do at the campfire was roast marshmallows.

 

Lindsay: That's the best.

 

Warren: I'd spend hours trying to find the perfect stick to carve and roast marshmallows on. Sometimes we'd even make the chocolate smores for the marshmallows.

 

Lindsay: Yummy. So that food was good, how was the other food?

 

Warren: I don't have any memories of it being good so I don't think it was very good. We would eat together in a mess hall much like yourself and actually I remember getting really sick one time and my parents had to come and pick me up and I think I got a bit of food poisoning.

 

Lindsay: Oh wow, from the food?

 

Warren: Yeah.

 

Lindsay: In scout² camp, wow. OK. Final question, so you were away from your family right?

 

Warren: Yeah.

 

Lindsay: Was that hard or easy?

 

Warren: It was easy. I remember feeling a little freer and more independent away from my parents, less rules, less regulations.

 

Lindsay: You weren't homesick at all?

 

Warren: No, I never did get homesick. Even when my parents came to pick me up that time when I was sick, I really didn't want to go home.

 

Lindsay: It's too bad you got food poisoning.

 

Warren: Yeah.

 

Lindsay: OK, thanks Warren.

1 cub   

n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人

参考例句：

• The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
• The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

2 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

3 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

4 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

5 skits   

n.讽刺文( skit的名词复数 )；小喜剧；若干；一群

参考例句：

• One of these skits, "The King of Beasts" resembles a traditional frontier prank. 一出滑稽短剧《兽王》酷似传统的边疆闹剧。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• Kids can develop ad campaigns, commercials and skits to illustrate character traits. 孩子们会发动宣传运动，制作广告宣传片和幽默短剧来说明性格品质。 来自互联网