【英语口语练习册】在斯里兰卡应该做的三件事

托德与来自斯里兰卡的米妮交谈，托德问她如果有人要去斯里兰卡，你觉得在斯里兰卡必须要做的三件事是什么？

 

Todd: Hello, Mini.

Mini: Hello.

 

Todd: Now, Mini, you are from Sri Lanka.

 

Mini: Yes.

 

Todd: If somebody is going to your country, can you recommend¹ three things they should do or three things they should see?

 

Mini: OK, the first thing is you can go and see the ancient things that all the Kings and Queens built, like castles. We have a castle called... it's called the Rock Castle. It's called Sigirya, so it's very beautiful.

 

Todd: This is the Rock Castle.

 

Mini: Yeah, it's... the castle is on the rock itself, so you can see the ruins there. It's really beautiful, with pictures, paintings, arts and stuff².

 

Todd: Oh, really. That's really cool, so this rock castle, how old is it?

 

Mini: I'm not sure, but maybe around two thousand. I'm not sure. Sorry.

 

Todd: What else should people you see?

 

Mini: The second thing should be beaches. We have beautiful beaches all over the place, blue, clean. You can swim. You can surf. It's very beautiful. That's the second thing.

 

Todd: Surfing is popular in Sri Lanka?

 

Mini: M-hm. I mean, not popular amongst³ Sri Lankans but most of the... many tourists come, especially the Germans, they come to my country and surf because the hotels near the beaches are very cheap and it's very beautiful hotels and very cheap. Food is cheap. It's nice.

 

Todd: OK. So, we've got the Rock Castle, surfing on the beach. Anything else?

 

Mini: And then a third thing should be the Tooth Temple. It's like the tooth of a Buddha⁴, so we got it from I guess India, King Ashoka, so it's one of the things that you can see there. It's a really beautiful temple.

 

Todd: OK, I'm sorry. Can you say the name of that again?

 

Mini: Temple of Tooth Relic⁵.

 

Todd: The Temple of Tooth Relic.

 

Mini: Yeah.

 

Todd: OK.

 

Mini: It's in Kandy. A place called Kandy.

 

Todd: Kandy. OK. Well, thanks for the tips Mini.

1 recommend   

vt.推荐，介绍；劝告，建议；使成为可取，使受欢迎

参考例句：

• Can you recommend me a good book?你能给我介绍一本好书吗？
• I can recommend this play to all lovers of good theatre.我把这个剧推荐给所有爱好优秀戏剧的人。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 amongst   

prep.在…之中，在...之间(=among)

参考例句：

• He was sitting amongst a group of children,telling them a story.他正坐在一群孩子中间讲故事。
• You must settle the matter amongst yourselves.你们必须彼此商量，自行解决这些问题。

4 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

5 relic   

n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物

参考例句：

• This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
• He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。