英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非之德拉肯斯堡山脉 The Drakensberg—3

You are a female Zulu mountain guide. I’m not being patronizing, but there aren’t many of those around.

 

Actually, I’ve never heard one but me.

 

The South African nation is made up of so many different tribes, but the Zulu ethnic¹ group is the largest in South Africa.

 

It is the largest and I would guess, throughout history, Zulu has been warriors³ and fighters. They are very famous for that.

 

They might be well-known, but the Zulus are a relatively⁴ new people. They descend⁵ from the Nguni tribe who moved into this region from central and east Africa. It wasn’t until the 1820s the warrior² King Shaka united the Zulus and they notoriously emerged as one of the most feared nations Southern Africa has ever known.

 

You said yourself, Zulus are warriors. I have a * friend and he tells me that * are dancers and Zulus are fighters. I haven’t heard this expression, Zulus are walkers. 

 

We don’t walk. 

 

But YOU do!

 

Yeah, but we don’t walk for pleasure. I mean you walk to get your water. You walk to get your cows up in the fields. But you don’t walk for pleasure.

 

So you broke the mode.

 

Yes, pretty much. 

 

Before I explode the mountain landscape that Zee loves so much, let’s take a look at the route I’ll follow. After leaving this colorful village behind, my 20-kilometer, two-day walk kicks off.

1 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

2 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

3 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

4 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

5 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。