【话匣子英语】安德鲁的旅游恶梦

 安德鲁今天跟我们分享的是他在旅游过程中遇到的事情......

 

Andrew: Today, we’re going to actually talk about a trip I took, ah, about 2 months ago now. And, you know, this was a travel nightmare¹. I have a travel nightmare story to share with you.

Morag: I’m doing pretty darn well. And how are you doing, Andrew?

Andrew:

Yeah, sorry about that.

 

Morag:

It’s totally² cool. But why was it such a nightmare?

 

Andrew:

Well …

 

Morag: And where were you going?

Andrew: Yeah. Let’s rewind all the way back to the beginning, OK?

Morag: Yeah.

Andrew: This is in … this happened in May. I had suddenly learned³ that I had a 4?day long weekend. As most people probably know, I live in Korea⁴ now. And in Korea in May there is a holiday called Children’s Day. And Children’s Day is a national holiday that university workers, like myself, get off. And this was on a Thursday. But the government decided⁵, hey, you know what, let’s make the following Friday also a holiday so that people can have a 4-day long weekend.

Morag: That’s nice.

Andrew: It was nice, right?

1 nightmare   

n.恶梦，可怕的事物，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
• I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦，失眠了。

2 totally   

adv.完全地；整个地

参考例句：

• I totally agree with you.我完全同意你的看法。
• You are totally wrong this time.你这次完全错了。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

4 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。