环球慢速英语 听众来信(2)

Voice 2: Spotlight¹ programmes do help people to hear how words in English sound. The slow speed permits more people to listen to and enjoy the programmes. We would like to hear from some of our listeners in Mukono. So do write and tell us your comments and thoughts.

声音2：重点报道节目的确有助于人们听清英语单词的发音。缓慢的语速使更多人可以听清并享受节目。我们很乐意收到穆科诺民众的来信。所以请给我们写信，写下你们的评论和想法。

Voice 1: Today’s hodgepodge is from Uganda. Peter Phillips reads part of a poem by Mulumba Matia:

声音1：今天的《大杂烩》版块关注乌干达。彼得·菲利普斯朗读了穆隆巴·马蒂亚所做诗歌的部分内容。

Voice 4: This is my home Uganda.

声音4：这是我的家乡乌干达。

This is the land for me.

这是我的土地。

This is the place where my heart is at rest.

这是我的心休息的地方。

This is the land for all that is the best.

这是汇聚最佳事物的土地。

Here I am alive and free.

在这里我充满活力和自由。

This is my home Uganda.

这是我的家乡乌干达。

With mountains, with valleys and hills.

这里有高山、山谷和山丘。

The deep dark forest where nobody goes.

黑暗的丛林没有人去。

The thick green swamps² where the wide Nile river flows.

厚厚的绿色沼泽是宽阔的尼罗河流经的地方。

The western lakes strange and still.

西部的湖泊奇特又平静。

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 swamps   

沼泽（地）( swamp的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• On the floor of the basins lie deserts, lakes and swamps. 这几个盆地的底部有沙漠、湖泊和沼泽。
• The lowest parts of the flood plain may form "back-swamps". 河漫滩最低的部分可以形成河漫滩沼泽。