赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第35期:堤防

 　　The Dikes

　　堤防

　　A day at a beach on the North Sea. Kathy and Evan see their first dikes.

　　北海海滩一日游。凯西和艾凡毕生第一次看到堤防。

　　K:It's really heavenly here. It's not hot at all.

　　凯西：这里真是人间天堂。天气一点也不热。

　　E:You know, the climate in the Netherlands is rather mild. It's hardly ever hot, and the winters don't get too cold, either.

　　艾凡：你知道的，荷兰的气候相当温和，几乎没有炎热的天气，冬天也不会太冷。

　　K:Let's move here.

　　凯西：咱们搬到这里吧。

　　E:Whoa! We still have to visit Denmark and Sweden, not to mention the rest of Europe sooner or later. Besides, I don't think I could ever leave New York.

　　艾凡：慢着！我们还要去丹麦和瑞典玩，更不用说有一天会到欧洲其它国家去。此外，我不认为我会离开纽约。

　　K:See ya!

　　凯西：那拜拜了！

　　E:Oh, stop it! You love New York, too.

　　艾凡：哦，别闹了！你也喜爱纽约的。

　　K:That's true, but it sure is a treat to see something different and as beautiful as Holland.

　　凯西：没错，但是看看不同于纽约而且和荷兰一样美丽的事物确实是件愉快的事。

　　E:You're right there. Hey, did you see those sea walls out in the ocean on our way here?

　　艾凡：你说得对。嘿，在我们来这儿的途中，你有没有看到外海中的那些海墙呢？

　　K:Yeah. What were they? Piers³?

　　凯西：有啊。那些是什么东西？码头？

　　E:No, those are the dikes. They keep the sea water out and have allowed the Dutch for hundreds of years to reclaim⁴ land from the sea. Where we are right now used to be underwater.

　　艾凡：不是的，那些东西叫做堤防。它们挡住了海水，数百年来一直帮助荷兰人与海争地。现在我们所在的地方以前是在水中。

　　K:Really? That's amazing! Well, just don't stand there. Help me look.

　　凯西：真的？真是不可思议！那么就别光站在那儿。帮我找找看。

　　E:What for? Did you drop something?

　　艾凡：找什么？你有东西掉了吗？

　　K:No, silly. Help me look for some seashells!

　　凯西：没有，呆子。帮我找些贝壳！

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1. dike¹ 堤防

　　2. climate 气候

　　3.mild 和煦的

　　4.hardly ever 很少(=very seldom

　　例:It haT-dlv even snows on the mountains around San FT-ancisco，maybe only once in a decade.

　　(旧金山周围的山头很少下雪，也许十年才下一次。)

　　5 .sooner or later 早晚

　　例:Sooner or later dad will notice the hr-oken window_and when he does he’ s going to be very angry!

　　(老爸迟早会注意到这块破掉的窗户，而当他注意到时会非常生

　　气的!)

　　6. You're right there.这一点你说的没错。你说对厂

　　类似说法如:

　　You’ ve got a point.你说对了。

　　I can agree with that.关于这点.我可以同意

　　I' 11 go along with 这点我赞成/同意

　　I can accept that.这点我可以接受。

　　7. pier² 码头

　　8. reclaim land from the sea填海拓地

　　reclaim 填筑

1 dike   

n.堤，沟；v.开沟排水

参考例句：

• They dug a dike along walls of the school.他们沿校墙挖沟。
• Fortunately,the flood did not break the dike.还好，这场大水没有把堤坝冲坏。

2 pier   

n.码头；桥墩，桥柱；[建]窗间壁，支柱

参考例句：

• The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害，专家担心它已不能负重。
• The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。

3 piers   

n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 )；（常设有娱乐场所的）突堤；柱子；墙墩

参考例句：

• Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
• At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇，不论潮汐如何涨落，都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句

4 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。