Mark: Well, Jingjing, we sure picked a nice day for a hike.

马克：京晶。我们确定要挑个天气好的日子去远足。

Jingjing: Yeah, this reminds me of the time we went up to the Great Wall.

京晶：是啊。这让我想起了我们登长城的日子。

Mark: Right. I can't believe a year has passed already since we got out of the city. This'll take us rather a lot longer to get to the top.

马克：是的。我简直不敢相信离我们出城去郊区走走已经过去一年了。这次要花比上次长得多的时间去登顶了。

Jingjing: How long is the climb?

京晶：爬个山要多久？

Mark: You know, I didn't time it when I was here before. I'm thinking a couple hours, three tops.

马克：你知道，我之前来的时候也没计算时间。我在想需要个几小时吧，三个最多了。

Jingjing: We'd better get started, then. You lead the way.

京晶：我们最好现在就动身，然后，你来领路。

Mark: The trail is pretty steep at first, then it flattens out for a while.

马克：山径一开始非常陡峭，不久就会变得平坦一会儿。

Jingjing: Can we see the top from here?

京晶：从这儿能看到山顶吗？

Mark: We can see the ridge. We won't see the summit until we get up there.

马克：我们能看到山脊。我们得上到那儿以后才能看到山顶。

Jingjing: Ok, then. Let's pace ourselves.

京晶：好的。那，我们徐徐前进吧，不用很赶。

Mark: You're packing water, right?

马克：你带水了吧？

Jingjing: Now you ask me? What would you do if I said I didn't have any?

京晶：现在你问我？如果我说我没有你怎么办？

Mark: I think there's some for sale at the village up ahead, but I'm not sure. I only saw that small canteen of yours.

马克：我想前面的村庄应该有卖的吧，但我不确定。我只看见了你的小水罐。

Jingjing: Not to worry. I have four or five bottles in my backpack. That's what's making it so heavy.

京晶：不用担心。我背包里有四五瓶水。这就是包那么重的原因。

Mark: Ok. If your shoulders get tired, we could switch. But mine is pretty heavy too.

马克：好的，如果你的肩太累了，我们可以换着背，但我的包也很沉。

Jingjing: I'm just glad to be out of the concrete jungle, and glad we have some cool-but-not-cold weather for our climb.

京晶：我真是觉得能走出城市的钢铁丛林是一种快乐，同时也觉得很开心这爬山的天气凉而不冷正合适。

New words : 习语短语

time (v) 计算时间

pay attention to how long something takes

summit 山顶，山峰

the highest point on a mountain

pace ourselves 

不要走太快，以节省体力

don't walk too quickly, save some energy

concrete jungle 

水泥森林，指城市

the city, without green spaces

Dialogue 2

Later, Jingjing and Mark are more than

halfway up.

一会儿后，京晶和马克已经走了一半多的路程了

Jingjing: Mark, you said the summit is just over this ridge. Is that it, way over there?

京晶：马克，你说过了这个山脊就是山顶了，那个是吗？那边那个？

Mark: Yep. We still have a ways to go. It's only steep in a few places.

马克：是的。我们还有好一段路要走呢。只有少数地方比较陡了。

Jingjing: I bet the view is great, though. We can already see a lot from here.

京晶：但我打赌风景一定棒极了。我们从这儿已经能看到好多了。

Mark: We'll be looking down on this ridge in a half an hour or so. Would you like to take a breather here?

马克：半个小时左右我们就能俯瞰这条山脉了。你想在这里停下歇口气吗？

Jingjing: Nope. If it's just a half an hour, I'm all for getting to the top. There's a place to sit up there, right?

京晶：不了。如果还有半个小时就能到，我完全愿意直接走到登顶。山顶那儿也有地方坐下休息吧？

Mark: Sure. There's a deck. Let's talk more once we get there.

马克：当然，有块地面。等到达后我们再说别的。

Jingjing: Wow, that was worth it. We can see Beijing from here.

京晶：哇哦，这一趟太值得了，在这里我们能看见北京。

Mark: I'm about ready to eat. I didn't notice how hungry I was until we stopped.

马克：我准备要吃点东西了。我都没注意到我有多么饿直到我们停下来。

Jingjing: Here's what I have. Did you bring much.

京晶：我的吃的都在这。你带得多吗？

Mark: You bet. Help yourself.

马克：那必须的。你自便。

Jingjing: Great. So, are we going to go down the same way we came up?

京晶：好极了。我们下去的时候也是上来这条路吗？

Mark: We could. There's a gentler way, but it's a lot longer.

马克：可以啊。有一条轻松点儿的路，但是要走得更久一些。

Jingjing: Oh, now you tell me. My feet are aching.

京晶：噢，现在你告诉我（为何不早说？），我的脚正疼呢。

Mark: Then it's better to go down the long way. I haven't hiked in a while either. The climb took a lot out of me.

马克：这样的话最好从那条长路走下去了，我也很长时间没有在山里行走了。爬这趟山真是把我累得。

Jingjing: Ha ha. Let's not talk about hiking for now.

京晶：哈哈。那我们现在先暂时别提远足这档子事了。

New words : 习语短语

breather 歇息

a break, stopping to catch one's breath

all for 完全同意选择做某事

totally in favor of

took a lot out of me

令人劳累，体力透支

made me exhausted, used up all of my energy/talent