英语博客-北美风情 214、Maura’s road trip: What actually happened

 　　This past July, Culips podcast host Maura took a road trip west through the United¹ States, into the Rocky² Mountains, and then east back across Canada. Before she left, she shared her plans in the Culips episode³ Maura’s Road Trip, and now she’s back with a new episode to tell you what happened while she was on the road. Maura’s been posting pictures on the Culips Facebook page and talking a bit about her trip there, but in this episode, she gives even more details about her adventure. So sit back, listen, and imagine taking your own road trip!

 

　　Harp:Very cool. I saw that you ate some deep-dish Chicago-style pizza.

 

　　Maura:I did. I was really excited to try the pizza. And I can tell you that it was very heavy on the stomach. There was tons of cheese on it.

 

　　Harp:Yeah. It looked like there was a lot of cheese. I’m sure it was good.

 

　　Maura:It was pretty good. I like cheese, so…

 

　　Harp:That’s cool. So where did you go after Chicago?

 

　　Maura:After Chicago we drove⁴ a lot, trying to cross states. Now I don’t know if I remember all of the states correctly but…

 

　　Harp:I was just going to ask you.

 

　　Maura:We drove through Wisconsin and Minnesota and Michigan. That’s not the right order, just so you know. And eventually we got to North Dakota, which is when the landscape started to look really interesting and we saw the Badlands.

1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 rocky   

adj.岩石的，像岩石的；多岩石的

参考例句：

• She drives carefully up the rocky lane.她驾车小心地从这条很多石头的小路上驶过去。
• There is only one port along this rocky coast.这个多岩石的海岸只有一个港口。

3 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

4 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。