【英语趣味课堂】澳大利亚-Thoughts About Australia

Todd: Hey, Rebecca, can you talk a little bit about Australia and just your thoughts about your home country?

 

Rebecca: I guess I spend most of my time in Sydney, but one of the things l really love about Sydney is that it's very multicultural¹, so it's an interesting place to live because every day you can meet people from all around the world and on the bus going to work you can hear maybe five or six different languages around you. You can eat food from lots of different places and of course you can talk to people with all different sorts² of points of view, different backgrounds³. I think it's exciting for that reason.

 

 

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Todd: So you're saying that Australia is basically⁵ a very multicultural place. Is this mainly⁶ just in the cities or is this all around Australia?

 

Rebecca: Well, to be honest, that is mostly just the cities. I guess the other really big thing I like about Australia is it's nature. Australia is a very clean and beautiful place. It has true wilderness⁷, which is not very common in some countries in the world. You can go places and you will see nobody. I really do mean nobody. I love that, so you can go to a beach and you can be the only person there.

 

Todd: Actually, speaking of nature, you know, when you think of Australia you think of the Barrier⁸ Reef⁹ or maybe the jungles¹⁰ up north or like the desert in the middle. What landscapes¹¹ have you been to?

 

Rebecca: Um, I'm really lucky actually because when I was a kid my parent took me out of school for a few months and we traveled all around Australia in a van so I got to see all different kinds of landscapes in Australia: desert, Barrier Reef, mountains, forests, anything, yeah, but actually most of Australia is desert so I've seen a lot of desert.

 

Todd: If you had to choose, besides Sydney where you're from, your favorite place in Australia, where would it be?

 

Rebecca: Mm, that's difficult. Probably somewhere with an island and a beautiful beach. Maybe not too many people but somewhere where I could go scuba-diving or snorkeling. That would be great.

 

Todd: OK, and where are the best beaches in Australia?

 

Rebecca: Everywhere. We've got so many you couldn't count them all. Yeah, Sydney has some lovely beaches but most of Australia has a coast¹² so all the way around you can find a beach anywhere.

1 multicultural   

adj.融合多种文化的，多种文化的

参考例句：

• Children growing up in a multicultural society.在多元文化社会中长大的孩子们。
• The school has been attempting to bring a multicultural perspective to its curriculum.这所学校已经在尝试将一种多元文化视角引入其课程。

2 sorts   

n.分类( sort的名词复数 )；品质；品级；群v.分类，整理( sort的第三人称单数 )；挑选；[计算机]（根据指令的模式）把…分类；把…归类（常与with, together连用）

参考例句：

• The bank staff got up to all sorts of antics to raise money for charity. 银行职员使出各种可笑的花招为慈善事业筹款。
• He was out of sorts physically, as well as disordered mentally. 他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 backgrounds   

n.（画等的）背景( background的名词复数 )；背景情况；底色；个人背景资料

参考例句：

• feelings of hostility towards people from other backgrounds 对其他不同背景的人的敌视情绪
• Most delinquent children have deprived backgrounds. 多数少年犯都有贫困且未受教育的背景。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 audio   

n./adj.音频(响)(的)；声音(的)，听觉(的)

参考例句：

• Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来，供以后查阅。
• You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。

5 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。

6 mainly   

adv.主要地，大抵，大概

参考例句：

• The sea water is mainly composed of water and salt.海水主要由水和盐组成。
• It is mainly because of my fault.这主要是由于我的过错。

7 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

8 barrier   

n.栅栏，障碍，壁垒，关卡

参考例句：

• You must show your ticket at the barrier.你在关卡处必须出示许可证。
• The driver jumped a horse over a barrier.骑手骑马跳过障碍。

9 reef   

n.礁，礁石，暗礁

参考例句：

• The ship and its crew were lost on the reef.那条船及船员都触礁遇难了。
• The ship was wrecked on a coral reef.这条船在珊瑚暗礁上撞毁了。

10 jungles   

n.（热带）丛林( jungle的名词复数 )；丛林音乐(20 世纪 90 年代初发端于英国的一种流行快步舞曲，歌词多涉柏油丛林，即城市生活)；乱七八糟的一堆事物；尔虞我诈的环境

参考例句：

• Therefore the jungles and the savannas know of no juvenile delinquency! 因此，丛林和荒原里没有“少年犯罪。” 来自辞典例句
• Forests and jungles have thick vegetation. 森林和热带雨林中有茂密的植被。 来自辞典例句

11 landscapes   

n.风景( landscape的名词复数 )；风景画；乡村风景画；地形

参考例句：

• Constable's landscapes met with indifference when they were first exhibited. 康斯特布尔的风景画在首次展出时受到了冷遇。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She is a painter outstanding for her landscapes. 她是一位以风景画而出名的画家。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 coast   

n.海岸，海滨，滑坡；vt.沿海岸而行；vi.下滑

参考例句：

• They're holidaying on the west coast.他们正在西海岸度假。
• There are thousands of villages on the coast.在沿海有上千座村庄。