英文原版对话1000个:771 River Rafting

Todd: So, Mark you said that you do crazy things when you travel. Can you give an example?

Mark: Yeah, one of the best things that I did was white water rafting in New Zealand. We actually rafted down the highest commercially rafted water fall in the world, I was told at that time.

Todd: What does that mean, the highest commercial waterfall?

Mark: Well, I think it's the one that's can only be taken by tour groups because it's safe. If it's any higher then that one, then it's deemed¹ unsafe and they wouldn't be able to take tour groups rafting. You'd have to be a professional rafter.

Todd: So you go over the top?

Mark: We went straight over the top, yeah. It was crazy. And I was sat right at the back of the raft and they called this the ejector seat.

Todd: Right.

Mark: But actually, everybody was thrown out of the raft, but they give you some instructions before you can go and you are thrown down into the waterfall and the instructor's basically² tell you curl³ up into a ball and if you curl up into a ball the waterfall actually spits you out, shoots you back out the top.

Todd: Oh, cool.

Mark: Yeah. So I did, and it worked. I was happy.

Todd: So did you camp over night or was it just a one day event?

Mark: No, this was just a one day, just to do that one waterfall. We wanted to do the highest one.

Todd: Right.

Mark: But I would like to go on - I think in Europe, especially, if you go to a place like Turkiye, Spain, you can do like four and five day raft trips, where you camp as well at the side. I'd like to do that.

Todd: Oh, that sounds nice.

Mark: Yeah.

Todd: Yeah, in the States it's quite popular along the Colorado River.

Mark: Right.

Todd: Don't you need like special training, or do you just hop⁴ in the boat and go?

Mark: I think it depends on how difficult the river is, so I'm sure there's beginner rivers, where you don't need so much training. Maybe a few hours. For that one that I did, with the waterfall, the lecture they gave us was about 25 minutes before we started.

Todd: What about your country? What about England?

Mark: Not so many places to go white water rafting, because I don't think the rivers are big enough, or wide enough. There's some good places for canoeing⁵, or kayaking. I know we have the national kayak center in Nottingham, England, which is pretty good. Yeah, but not so much for rafting.

Todd: OK, thanks Mark.

 

1 deemed   

v.认为，相信( deem的过去式和过去分词 )；想

参考例句：

• The evening was deemed a great success. 大家认为这次晚会非常成功。
• They deemed the young clergyman a miracle of holiness. 他们一心认为这年轻的牧师是神圣的奇迹。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

2 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

3 curl   

n.(一绺)鬈发；卷曲；vt.卷曲；vi.卷曲；缭绕

参考例句：

• She put her hair in rollers to make it curl.她用卷发夹子把头发弄鬈曲。
• Does her hair curl naturally?她的头发是天然鬈曲的吗？

4 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

5 canoeing   

n.划独木舟，玩独木舟；皮划艇运动

参考例句：

• We were canoeing in the lake. 我们在湖中划独木舟。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• You can take part in activities from canoeing to bird watching. 你可以参与从划独木舟到观鸟等各种活动。 来自辞典例句