彭蒙惠英语：Kauai Adventure

Kauai Adventure

 

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Leaving the jungle, we boarded a wagon¹ pulled by a farm tractor for a trek² across Kipu Ranch³. We fed Lucy, the pet goose, and the cutest pigs on Earth. A mix of wild boars and farm hogs⁴, the piglets had markings in an assortment⁵ of colors.

 

Zipline launch

Lunch was at Kamapua’a Falls, 120 feet of cool, foaming⁶ froth, right next to the zipline, which stretches 270 feet across the river at a height of 50 feet. After lunch, we climbed into harnesses and helmets, all carefully checked and double-checked by our guides, and nervously⁷ awaited our turn to launch.

 

The three choices of launch styles are a forward step off the platform’s edge, a running leap, or a backwards⁸ jump into the air. We stepped off, dropped immediately, bounced up a little and soared across the river. It was a blast!

 

Swimming hole

Then it was off to Kipu Falls—30 feet tall, more than 100 feet across and emptying into a world-class swimming hole. A rope swing was 30 feet up in a huge banyan⁹ tree. If we swung wide enough, we could easily be 40 feet above the water when we let go. We didn’t take the plunge¹⁰, although several in our group did—and lived to tell about it.

 

Sugar plantation¹¹

At the Lihue Plantation, we tasted raw sugar cane¹², stopped at a Jurassic Park overlook, and heard a lesson on economics and history. We learned that an acre of cane (20,000 pounds) makes five pounds of sugar. Sugar was once “king” in Hawaii, dominating lives on the islands from the mid-1800s until after World War II. By 1884, there were 96 sugar plantations¹³ there, but labor¹⁴ costs and changing world conditions killed the sugar-growing industry in Hawaii. Today only two working plantations remain.

 

Vocabulary Focus

froth (n) [frCW] many small, white bubbles on the surface of a liquid

blast (n) [blB:st] a very exciting or enjoyable experience or event

 

Specialized¹⁵ Terms

banyan tree (n phr) 印地安无花果树 an Indian fig¹⁶ tree with branches that grow down into the ground to form additional trunks

 

可爱岛探险之旅

 

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离开丛林后，我们坐上一辆由农场牵引机拉行的车子，穿过奇普农场。我们喂了农场的宠物鹅露西及全世界最可爱的猪。它们是野猪与家猪的混种猪，小猪仔有各种不同颜色的斑纹。

 

高空滑索前进

我们在位于120尺高、充满清凉浮沫的卡马普阿瀑布享用午餐。这个瀑布紧邻宽度约270英尺、位于河面上方50英尺处的高空滑索。午餐后，我们钻进套索与安全帽中，每样装备都由导游仔细审慎地再三检查，然后我们就紧张地排队等待，准备跳跃。

有3种跳跃的方式可以选择，分别是：从平台边缘向前跨出一步、助跑后往外跳，以及倒退向后方空中跳出等。我们踏出脚步，立刻向下掉落，再往上弹回一点，然后便会在河流上方飞驰而过。棒极了！

 

游泳池洞

然后就是跳入奇普瀑布。奇普瀑布高约30英尺、宽逾100英尺，瀑布的水注入下方那个世界级天然的游泳池洞中。绳索秋千是在一株巨大的榕树上约30英尺高的地方。如果我们荡得够高的话，放手时，人很可能会是在距水面40英尺的上空。我们并没有一跃跳入水中，不过我们团里有好几位跳了，而且还能活着叙述他们的经历。

 

甘蔗园

在利忽甘蔗园，我们品尝了未加工的甘蔗；在《侏罗纪公园》的一个鸟瞰台稍作停留；并听了一堂关于经济和历史的课。我们学到，1英亩的甘蔗（2万磅）可以制造出5磅的糖。糖曾经是夏威夷的“天王”，在19世纪80年代中期至二次世界大战结束的这段期间，一直主宰着岛上居民的生活。1884年时，那儿有96座甘蔗园，但劳工成本及不断变化的世界形式扼杀了夏威夷的制糖产业。如今只剩下两座甘蔗园还在生产。

1 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。

2 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

3 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

4 hogs   

n.（尤指喂肥供食用的）猪( hog的名词复数 )；（供食用的）阉公猪；彻底地做某事；自私的或贪婪的人

参考例句：

• 'sounds like -- like hogs grunting. “像——像是猪发出的声音。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• I hate the way he hogs down his food. 我讨厌他那副狼吞虎咽的吃相。 来自辞典例句

5 assortment   

n.分类，各色俱备之物，聚集

参考例句：

• This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from.该店各色货物俱全，任君选择。
• She was wearing an odd assortment of clothes.她穿着奇装异服。

6 foaming   

adj.布满泡沫的；发泡

参考例句：

• He looked like a madman, foaming at the mouth. 他口吐白沫，看上去像个疯子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is foaming at the mouth about the committee's decision. 他正为委员会的决定大发其火。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

8 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

9 banyan   

n.菩提树，榕树

参考例句：

• This huge banyan tree has a history of more than 400 years.这棵大榕树已经有四百多年的历史了。
• A large banyan tree may look like a forest.大型的榕树看起来象一片树林。

10 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

11 plantation   

n.种植园，大农场

参考例句：

• His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
• The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。

12 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

13 plantations   

n.种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园，使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后，那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句

14 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

15 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

16 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。