北师大版高中英语模块11--Unit32(3)-4

[00:01.48]It is an extraordinary place,
[00:03.61]and an extraordinary way of life...
[00:05.71]what we're doing really is getting in touch
[00:08.33]with the way our ancestors lived thousands
[00:10.36]and thousands of years ago.
[00:12.04]The lifestyle that the bush people have
[00:13.86]is pretty much unchanged over the centuries.
[00:16.14]They're hunter-gatherers-the men go hunting
[00:18.49]and the women gather food from wherever
[00:20.36]they can find it,and they share everything...
[00:22.86]so we had to fit in with that.
[00:25.32]The thing is,you're not just a guest here.
[00:27.69]If you're a visitor,
[00:28.80]you can't just put your feet up
[00:30.41]and let everyone else do the work.
[00:32.28]You're expected to muck in and do your bit...
[00:34.61]and so you have to join in with that way
[00:36.24]of life...so being a woman I was part
[00:38.82]of the gathering¹ party.
[00:40.81]And what kind of things did you come back with?
[00:43.84]Well, usually some sort of leaves
[00:46.11]that tasted rather like spinach²
[00:48.16]which they used to make a salad...
[00:50.34]nuts but there are also these beetle³,
[00:53.97]there are these enormous yellow
[00:55.51]and black desert beetles⁴
[00:56.73]which they actually bake...in the hot sand.
[00:59.17]Good Lord.And you actually eat them?
[01:03.13]Yes...funnily enough...
[01:05.53]they tasted rather like crab⁵...
[01:07.71]a little bit crunchy outside...
[01:09.87]delicious...especially when you're hungry.
[01:11.21]

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 spinach   

n.菠菜

参考例句：

• Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
• You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。

3 beetle   

n.甲虫，近视眼的人

参考例句：

• A firefly is a type of beetle.萤火虫是一种甲虫。
• He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。

4 beetles   

n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them. 甲壳虫把粪粒埋起来，然后在里面产卵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This kind of beetles have hard shell. 这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。