早安英文 第174期:和美国人一起聊聊关于旅行的那些事

 英语学习笔记：

share [?er] v. 分享

besides [b?'sa?dz] prep. 除 ... 之外

Peaceful ['pi?sfl] adj. 安宁的

mistakes [m?'ste?k] n. 错误、

depends on [d?'pend ɑ?n] v. 误会 取决于、随...而定

so far 迄今为止

steep hills 陡坡

culture shock 文化冲突

out of control 失去控制

crashed into 撞上

TJ I heard that you like traveling，let’s share some dos and don’ts of traveling.

TJ 我听说你喜欢旅行，让我们分享一些旅行须知

Besides China, where have you been so far?

除了中国以外，目前为止你还去过哪些哪些地方呢？

I’ve been to a lot of places around Asia. I really like Japan. Peaceful and pretty and the people are so polite and kind. I also love Hong Kong. Awesome¹ city.

TJ去了亚洲的很多地方。我非常喜欢日本，那儿宁静也很漂亮人也非常的有礼貌人很好，我也很喜欢香港，繁荣的城市。

TJ, Have you ever made any mistakes when you are traveling？

TJ你有在旅行途中做过什么错事吗？

When I was a kid of 16 or 17, I went to Japan and was so surprised how many people would sit on these really steep hills. Well, because I’m an idiot², I decided³ to roll down one of these hills during this festival.

当我还是16、17岁的时候，我去日本旅游，然后非常的惊讶有那么多人坐在山边上。然后我傻逼兮兮的，我决定在从一个陡坡上滚下来庆祝节日。

I really started to gain speed about half way down and got out of control. I wound up bashing into this 90 pound Japanese girl and knocking all her food on the ground. I picked it up and gave it back to her (as if she’d eat it off the damn⁴ ground) and apologized to her and her boyfriend who was the only huge muscle bound⁵ man that i’d seen while visiting.

我差不多滚到一半的时候就开始加速然后失去控制，然后我撞到了一个大概90磅的女孩身上还把她的食物都撞撒了一地，我把食物都捡了起来还给了那个女孩并向她和她的男朋友道歉，她的男朋友是我在旅途中见过的最最肌肉健硕的猛男。

Actually I did fall in love with a girl in Japan but it wasn’t the girl I crashed into.

事实上我在日本的时候确实爱上了一个女孩，但那个女孩并不是我撞上的这个。

It depends on who I’m going with and where I’m going. Say I go to an awesome amusement park, I’m not gonna want to take my girlfriend because she’s afraid of roller coasters, at the same time, I probably wouldn’t like taking my buddies⁶ to Italy…

这个取决于我和谁一起和我要去哪里，比如说我去一个非常棒的游乐场，我就不会带我女朋友一起，因为她非常怕坐过山车，同时，我可能不想带我的朋友去意大利。。。

I don’t like to travel alone too much. I like to share my travels with other people. That being said, if I ever travel anywhere dangerous, I think I’d go alone because I’d feel too guilty if something happened to someone I care about.

我并不是特别喜欢一个人去旅游，我喜欢和别人一起旅游。但是，如果要去一些危险的地方的话，我更愿意一个人去，因为我不想让我在乎的人受到伤害，这样我会很愧疚。

Learn a bit about the culture before you go!

去一个地方之前，先了解清楚当地的文化风俗。

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 damn   

int.该死，他妈的；vt.指责，贬斥，诅咒

参考例句：

• Damn this useless typewriter!这台破打字机真该死！
• I knew damn well what he was going to say.我非常清楚他要说什么。

5 bound   

adj.一定的，必然的；受约束的，有义务的

参考例句：

• I feel honor bound to repay the money I borrowed.我觉得有责任归还我借的钱。
• If he signs that paper,he will be bound hand and foot.如果他签署那份文件，他就会受到束缚。

6 buddies   

n.密友( buddy的名词复数 )；同伴；弟兄；（用于称呼男子，常带怒气）家伙v.（如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般）交往( buddy的第三人称单数 )；做朋友；亲近（…）；伴护艾滋病人

参考例句：

• We became great buddies. 我们成了非常好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
• The two of them have become great buddies. 他们俩成了要好的朋友。 来自辞典例句