英文原版对话1000个:611 Island Fun

Todd: So, Shuan, you took a cruise¹ and the cruise left he U.S.

Shuan: It left yeah. It left Florida.

Todd: OK, and did you only stay at sea or did you make stops on your cruise ship?

Shuan: We actually made 4 different stops. I cannot remember the last place but the first place we stopped was Key West. The second place we stopped was Peurta Vearta, and the third place was Cancun, and the last place I just can't remember the name.

Todd: Actually, what about Key West? Is Key West a nice place?

Shuan: Key West is a really nice place: all the different buildings and stores are actually constructed to make, or constructed to look like historical buildings. They are all made out of stone and wood.

Todd: Oh, I see, so they are supposed to look like the first people that came from Europe that built.

Shuan: Yeah, they look almost Gothic in style.

Todd: Now Key West, is that the U.S. or is that it's own little territory.

Shuan: Ah, Key West. I don't know.

Todd: I don't know. I don't know either and I'm American, so

Shuan: I actually, if I think back, I do believe that everybody drove on the left-hand side of the road, and I think I recall² somebody saying that it was part of the U. K.

Todd: Oh, really. OK, interesting. So anyway, besides the buildings, what's Key West like? Is it like a good place for adventure, a good place for night life?

Shuan: It's a good place for outdoor sea sports.

Todd: Oh, yeah, for example, like what can you do?

Shuan: Well, to tell the truth I was really sunburnt the day I got to Key West because I spent too much time on the cruise ship on the top deck³.

Todd: Oh that's terrible.

Shuan: So I had to get in the water and I had to get in quick so the very first day we went to, me and my friend Jason, we just went to beach and swam around for most of the day. We went with snorkels⁴ and flippers. We basically⁵ just dived down to as deep as we could to avoid the sunlight.

Todd: Oh, smart move. Oh, that's nice. So did you actually do any scuba⁶ diving when you were in Key West?

Shuan: That's what I did on the second day, yeah. Jason and I, we really wanted to go and try some scuba diving, although we had to go with an instructor⁷, it was still a really good experience.

Todd: So then you go down in the water. What happens? You go down in the water and what do you see and what's it like being underwater.

Shuan: To breathe underwater is one skill that I really wish I had and, but it was magnificent⁸ in Key West. We saw all these different kinds of fish. It was just so many colors, and it was just beautiful, the water was just sky blue all the way down and it was just absolutely, yeah, just beautiful.

Todd: Are there any dangers when you're down under the water?

Shuan: Well, they say that sharks are dangerous. We actually did get shark knives in case any sharks did approach us, but in most cases sharks think that you're big and they do try to avoid you.

Todd: Oh, I got it. But you say you have a shark knife that there's an actual knife you can stab⁹ a shark with?

Shuan: It's a knife that you use to cut yourself free from lines, from ropes. If you need to you can stab a shark with it. Yes, but

 

1 cruise   

v.巡航，航游，缓慢巡行；n.海上航游

参考例句：

• They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
• She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。

2 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。

3 deck   

n.甲板；公共汽车一层的车厢；纸牌；vt.装饰

参考例句：

• Let's have a walk round the deck.我们去甲板上散步吧。
• The sea wind swept over the deck.海风席卷过甲板。

4 snorkels   

n.（潜泳者或潜水艇的）水下通气管( snorkel的名词复数 )；[消防]高空作业车，按展臂方式分为直臂式和曲臂式，按功能分为高空洒水车和高空救援车。v.使用水下呼吸管潜游( snorkel的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

5 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。

6 scuba   

n.水中呼吸器

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。

7 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

8 magnificent   

adj.壮丽的，宏伟的；华丽的；极好的

参考例句：

• The museum that we visited is very magnificent.我们参观的博物馆是很宏伟的。
• That's a magnificent task.这是一项宏伟的任务。

9 stab   

n.刺，戳，刺伤的伤口，剧痛，尝试；vt.刺伤，中伤；vi.刺，扎

参考例句：

• I found a stab wound on his leg.我在他的腿上发现一处刺伤。
• Can I stab at the meat with my knife to see if it is well cooked.为了看看肉是否煮熟，我可以在肉上戳个洞吗？