【一起闲话英语】冒险-Adventure

Lori / Canada

speaker Oh, right now, the adventure I am planning is an extensive trip in Southeast Asia. I've always dreamed of going to Angor Wat, so I want to see that place before it's been overrun with too many tourists.

 

Chris / England

speaker Well, I always said that I wanted to try parachute jumping, and I had the chance when I was in high school to do that but my dad stopped me going in the end because he said ... well, I'm quite a big guy - quite heavy ... and so, he was like, "Well, if you want to do it, then you really should lose a bit of weight because, you know, you're gonna fall and you're gonna shatter¹ your legs" so he was very supportive of my dream, so in the future I think I'd like to try that, but maybe I should lose some weight.

 

Aki / Japan

speaker I want to go to Antartica and maybe go on a dog sleigh. I don't like the cold weather, but I want to experience that sleigh and actually I want to go on the dog sleigh for my honeymoon² and experience Antartica with my husband.

Amir / Iran

speaker I would like to do skydiving, yeah. Skydiving, because I have acrophobia³. This would be the biggest adventure I could can take. Just falling from the airplane for a few minutes. You know, now silence there. It would be strengthening me from inside, doing this adventure.

Helen / Canada

speaker Well, I would really like to go cycling somewhere like Nepal or something like that, where there's lots of rugged⁴ mountains and beautiful scenery. I don't think I'm in shape enough to do it just now but maybe some time in the future, when I have more time to work out and stuff.

 

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Eoin / England

speaker A big adventure I'd like to do is another long-distance cycling trip. Previously⁵ I cycled around Japan - a few areas in Japan ... a cycle trip around Europe. I think I'd like to do a huge trip from somewhere in Europe to somewhere in Asia and maybe like England across to Beijing or something like that.

1 shatter   

n.碎片，乱七八糟的状态；vt.打碎，破掉，散开；vi.打破，脱落

参考例句：

• I must shatter your hopes.我必须打破你的幻想。
• This power is strong enough to shatter complacency.这种力量足以打破自满情绪。

2 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

3 acrophobia   

n.恐高症

参考例句：

• She has acrophobia and always becomes dizzy in a high-rise elevator.她有恐高症，到了高楼的电梯里就发晕。
• Many people suffer from very serious acrophobia.许多人患有严重的恐高症。

4 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

5 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。