英语口语大赢家Topic51:索道Cable Car

第二天清晨，丹尼尔兴高采烈地和爸爸一起去爬山。可是爬到半山腰的时候，爸爸实在是累得筋疲力尽，这可怎么办呢？

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Daniel: What a beautiful day!

Dad: The weather is so crazy. It rained cats and dogs last night, but cleared up in the morning.

Daniel: I was worried about canceling the climbing.

Dad: Honey, wait for me. I am too tired to move a step further.

Daniel: What about taking the cable¹ car?

Dad: Attaboy, that's just what I am thinking.

Daniel: Wow, What a long queue this is!

Dad: Honey, be patient. It's better to wait than to climb with my legs broken.

(After a few minutes, they get into the cable car.)

Daniel: Daddy, look ahead in the distance, the mountains there. They roll all the way up to the sky.

Dad: Yeah, the scenery is beautiful. What's more, the air is fresh here?

Daniel: So you wanna stay here?

Dad: Of course not, I have to watch my American Idol².

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丹尼尔：今天天气真好！

爸爸：天气真是变化无常。昨晚还下着瓢泼大雨，但是早晨就变晴了。

丹尼尔：我还担心要取消爬山呢。

爸爸：宝贝，等等我。我太累了，一步也挪不动了。

丹尼尔：乘坐索道怎么样？

爸爸：太好了，这正是我所想的。

丹尼尔：哇，排了好长的队啊！

爸爸：孩子，耐心点。等总比爬得筋疲力尽要好些。

（几分钟后，他们上了缆车。）

丹尼尔：爸爸，往远处看，那里有很多山，它们绵延起伏一直通向天边。

爸爸：是啊，这景色真美。而且，这里的空气也很新鲜。

丹尼尔：那么你想一直待在这儿吗？

爸爸：当然不想啊，我得回去看我的《美国偶像》。

经典背诵 Recitation
Dad: When Daniel and I climb mountains, Daniel can run quickly but I always, soon, get too tired to move a step further. So I'd think about taking a cable car. The queue may be long. But it's better to wait than to climb, and also the scenery from the cable car is really fantastic.

生词小结
clear up 天放晴

be worried about 担心……

cancel vt. 取消

cable car 缆车

queue n. 长队

ahead adv 向前

in the distance 在远处

roll vt. 滚

what's more 而且

注释
It rained cats and dogs last night. 昨晚下起了瓢泼大雨。

Attaboy. 太好了。

It's better to wait than to climb with my legs. 等总比爬得筋疲力尽要好些。

功能性语句扩展　Functional³ structure
描写句型

请朗读以下短语，家长和孩子交替进行。

First/ Firstly/ First of all/To start with /In the beginning/In the first place…首先，第一

At first… 最初

Second/ Secondly … 其次……

For one thing…, for another… 首先……其次……

Besides… 此外

In addition… 除此之外

In particularly… 特别地

What's more… 而且，此外

Moreover/ Likewise/ Furthermore… 而且，此外……

Third/ Thirdly… 第三……

Last but not the least… 最后……

Finally… 最后……

 

1 cable   

n.缆绳，索；电缆；电报；vt.电汇，打电报

参考例句：

• Don't forget to cable us as soon as you arrive.别忘了一到就给我发个电报。
• The worker attached a cable.工人连接电缆。

2 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

3 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。