英语PK台 第20期:走一趟遥远神秘的墨西哥(2)

 Lately I’ve been thinking about a trip to Mexico three years ago. It’s hard to forget even up until now.

Jennifer：最近我总是想起三年前的墨西哥之旅，至今让难以忘怀。

Oh? Were you sucked in by the Caribbean scenery and mysterious Mayan culture?

Emma: 哦？加勒比海的风光和神秘的玛雅文化深深吸引了你们？

Yeah. So the three of us started an adventure.

Jennifer：是的，于是我们一家三口开始了一次冒险之旅。

I heard it’s harder to get a Mexican visa than an American one? When you’re going through customs, they wanted to use your daughter’s visa as a sample?

Emma：听说墨西哥签证比美国还难，出关时，海关人员希望把你女儿的签证作为样本？

Haha, yeah, because it was the first time for them to see a Mexican tourist visa.

Jennifer：哈哈，是的，因为他们也是第一次看到墨西哥自由行的签证。

That’s so interesting!

Emma：真有趣！

When we were at a resort¹ in Cancun, we saw the sunrise at 4 in the morning. It was so beautiful! Then when we reached Mexico City, there were 10 subway lines, all criss-crossed. Every transfer² station setup an art theme.

Jennifer：我们在度假胜地—坎昆时，凌晨四点在加勒比海看了日出，那个美呀！然后到达墨西哥城，这里有十条地铁线，纵横交错，每一个中转站都设计了一个艺术主题。

Wow! It’s so unique! A subway station enriched³ with art!

Emma: 哇！多么与众不同，富有艺术气息的地铁站啊！

The people there are friendly. When it’s crowded, they’ll lightly pull on your pants and tell you there is a seat available.

Jennifer：当地人民很友好，遇到地铁拥挤时，会轻轻拉你的裤腿告诉你车上有空位。

Haha, that probably scared you, huh?

Emma：哈哈，差点吓你一跳吧？

The most beautiful scenery in Mexico is that you can see 3 to 4 thousand year old ancient architecture and churches. It’s grand and solemn⁴. Love songs are played from time to time in the street, it’s so romantic!

Jennifer：墨西哥最美的风景是到处可见的三四千年的古代建筑和教堂，宏伟庄重。街头时时播放着爱情歌曲，非常浪漫!

Did you guys visit the Mayan cultural ruins?

Emma: 你们参观墨西哥的玛雅文化历史的遗迹吗？

That was a must! We visited the world’s second oldest temple after the ancient Egyptian pyramids. Pyramids of the Sun and Moon are Mexico’s top attractions

Jennifer: 这是一定要去的，还去了仅次于古埃及金字塔的世界第二大古老神庙：太阳神庙和月亮神庙,它们也是墨西哥的顶级景观之一。

In Mexico, we ran into an armed officer who made us all get off the bus. All of the men were searched. It was really scary.

Jennifer: 我们在墨西哥的公车上还遇到持枪的警察把全车人都赶下车，男士们都被警察搜身，还挺吓人的。

How thrilling!

Emma：真是惊险啊！

Even so, Mexico is worth a visit. I can’t really say why. It was really interesting to me. I really wanna go again.

Jennifer：尽管如此，墨西哥是个值得一去的国家，也说不出为什么，对我充满了吸引力，很想再去一次。

New words for dialogue:

Up until now=至今

Mayan culture=玛雅文化

Be sucked in = to be attracted to (interested by) 被吸引

Customs=海关

Sample=样本

Resort=度假圣地

Criss-crossed = 纵横交错

Transfer station=中转站

Enrich=使丰富

Grand =宏伟的

Solemn=庄严的

Ruins=遗迹

A must = 一定要做的

Be worth a visit=一定要去

1 resort   

n.凭借，手段，常去之地，胜地；vi.求助，诉诸，采取（某种手段等），常去

参考例句：

• He couldn't have passed the exam without resort to cheating.他要不是靠作弊是通不过这次考试的。
• Beidaihe is noted for its summer resort.北戴河以避暑胜地而著称。

2 transfer   

n. 迁移, 移动, 换车; v. 转移, 调转, 调任

参考例句：

• He has been kicking against this transfer for weeks. 几周以来他一直反对这次调动。
• I intend to transfer the property to my son. 我想把这笔财产转给我儿子。

3 enriched   

使富有( enrich的过去式和过去分词 )； 使富裕； 充实； 使丰富

参考例句：

• The study of science has enriched all our lives. 科学研究丰富了我们的整个生活。
• breakfast cereals enriched with vitamins 增加了维生素的早餐谷物食品

4 solemn   

adj.庄严的，肃穆的；严肃的

参考例句：

• He wore an extraordinarily solemn expression.他脸上带着异常严肃的表情。
• Do not let us be too solemn on the business.关于这件事，还是不要让我们太认真了吧。