赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第46期:做好野餐准备

 　　Setting Up for the Picnic

　　做好野餐准备

　　At the pond's edge, Kathy and Evan set up for their picnic.

　　凯西和艾凡在池塘边做好野餐准备。

　　E:Well, I've unloaded the trunk. Everything we need is here, I think.

　　艾凡：嗯，我已经把后车箱的东西卸下来了。我想我们所需要的东西都在这里了。

　　K:Let's see. The beach towel is spread out under the tree, the sandwiches and drinks are here....Whoa! What are you going to drink?

　　凯西：我看看。海滩浴巾已经摊放在树下、三明治和饮料在这儿……等等！你要喝什么饮料？

　　E:I have a bottle of Dutch beer. Why?

　　艾凡：我喝一瓶荷兰啤酒。为什么问这个？

　　K:I don't mind your drinking and then driving after lunch and a nap, but the problem is, how are you going to drink it?

　　凯西：我不介意你喝酒和吃完午餐打个盹后开车，但问题是你要怎么喝？

　　E:That doesn't sound too hard. What do you mean?

　　艾凡：听起来没什么难的啊。你指的是什么？

　　K:I mean how are you going to open the bottle, stupid? I can open my cans of soda¹ with the pop tops, but this beer doesn't have a pop top.

　　凯西：笨蛋，我的意思是你要怎么打开瓶盖？我可以利用汽水罐上的拉环打开汽水，但是这瓶啤酒并没有拉环。

　　E:It doesn't need to.

　　艾凡：它不需要拉环。

　　K:What do you mean?

　　凯西：你是什么意思呢？

　　E:I mean I'm a boy scout².

　　艾凡：我的意思是我是一名男童军。

　　K:Yeah? So?

　　凯西：是吗？那又怎样呢？

　　E:"Always be prepared." That's the boy scouts³' motto.

　　艾凡：“随时有备”是男童军的格言。

　　K:I know. I was a girl scout. Just how are you prepared?

　　凯西：我知道。我曾经是女童军。你究竟是怎么有准备的？

　　E:I always carry my Swiss army knife with me; that's how. It has a bottle opener on it!

　　艾凡：我总是随身携带我的瑞士军刀，这就是我的准备。刀上面有个开瓶器！

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1 .set up for…为……准备

　　get ready for...

　　2. be spread out被摊开

　　spread out... /spread... out把……摊开

　　spread 使张开，伸展

　　动词三态均为sy-ead

　　例:Belinda spread her beach towel out on the sand and then lay on it to get a

　　suntan.

　　(贝琳达把她的海滩浴巾摊放在沙地上，然后躺在上面享受日光浴。)

　　get a suntan晒日光浴

　　3.unload 卸货

　　load 装载

　　be loaded with...装载着……

　　例:The woYkeY unloaded the bYicks ten at。time from the truck.

　　(那名工人从那辆卡车一次卸下十块砖头。)

　　We loaded our can with gt-ocenies we had bought from the su},enmanket.

　　(我们把之前在超市买的食，aru杂货装放在车中。)

　　The truck was fully⁴ loaded with vegetables.

　　(那辆卡车装满厂蔬菜。)

　　4. nap 小睡片刻

　　take a nab、小睡片刻，才l个吨

　　例:Connie has the habit of taking a nab for an hour or so after lunch

　　(康妮z{几餐后有小睡一个小时左右的习惯。)

　　5. pop top 易拉罐的拉环

　　6. boy scout .男童子军

　　girl scout女童子军

1 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

2 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

3 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。