【英语趣味课堂】布宜诺斯艾利斯的夜晚-Buenos Aires at Night

 Valeria: You have to think in Buenos Aires in terms of day Buenos Aires and night Buenos Aires.

Daniel: OK.

 

Valeria: They are like two cities.

 

Daniel: What about the night?

 

Valeria:: Well, there are a lot of night life. For instance, you can go to a restaurant at eleven pm and everything is fine.

 

Daniel: OK.

 

Valeria:: You can go to a pub from Monday to Monday. You can go to a disco from Monday to Monday. Of course Fridays and Saturdays are...

 

Daniel: Are better obviously?

 

Valeria: Of course, but still you can enjoy night life every day. Another that is very interesting, in terms of night life, is that cultural activities that are usually like in the day, but you can enjoy them at night.

 

Daniel: Like?

 

Valeria: For instance, you can visit the JardÌn Botanico, the botanical garden. Once per month they offer a kind of special night beside plants, flowers and the typical things of a botanical garden. You can find sculptures, and it's very interesting. Another thing that is a day visit, but there are some opportunities for visiting at night, is like the cemetery¹ of the Recoleta.

 

Daniel: I've heard that. I think it's really famous, but I don't know why.

 

Valeria: Well, the thing is that it's very beautiful. I really like this place; it's one of my favorites. All the main personalities² of the history of my country are there. It's very beautiful, because it's full of sculptures of famous artists so if you visit that place with a guide you will find, you will know the history of Argentina in an art museum.

 

Daniel: But it's...

 

Valeria: But it's a cemetery.

 

Daniel: But at the same time it's a cemetery, an art museum, and kind of history lesson?

 

Valeria: OK, let's put it this way. You are in a cemetery, but it's like being in an art museum taking a lesson of Argentian history.

 

Daniel: That's brilliant. Thanks.

 

Valeria: You're welcome.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

for instance

 

 

For instance, you can go to a restaurant at 11 pm and everything is fine.

 

You can say 'for instance' when you want to give an example about something. Notice the following:

 

I really like ethnic³ food, like Chinese food, for instance.

I was thinking, for instance, that she might like some new clothes

botanical garden

 

 

For instance, you can visit the botanical garden.

 

A 'botanical garden' is a place for people to visit with gardens full of plants. Notice the following:

 

Have you ever been to a botanical garden before?

Our university has one of the best botanical gardens in the area.

cemetery

 

 

Another thing to visit is the cemetery of Recoleta.

 

A 'cemetery' is place where dead people are buried. Notice the following:

 

Do cemeteries⁴ make you nervous?

All of my relatives are buried in this cemetery.

personalities

 

 

All the main personalities of my country are there.

 

In this case, 'main personalities' can be replaced by 'important people.' Notice the following:

 

You can see a lot of famous personalities in the wax museum.

Who are some important personalities from your country?

sculptures

 

It's very beautiful, because it's full of sculptures of famous artists.

 

A 'sculpture' is an artistic⁵ form made out of materials such as ice, rock or clay. Notice the following:

 

The actually have a ice sculpture contest in January.

Most of these sculptures were made at the end of his career.

 

1 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

2 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

3 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。

4 cemeteries   

n.（非教堂的）墓地，公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里，邻近墓地的地方，时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句

5 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。