轻松英语之旅14:Walk like an Australian

　　[00:02.43]English Express
[00:05.95]轻松英语之旅
[00:28.34]Australians joke that Americans tend to spend their trips Down Under
[00:33.06]ticking off visits to the three R‘s --
[00:35.95]the reef¹, the rock and the road.
[00:39.49]To be more specific,
[00:40.79]that‘s the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock (or Uluru) and
[00:46.63]the 171-mile Great Ocean Road,
[00:50.37]which runs between Torquay and Warrnambool
[00:53.93]in the southeastern state of Victoria.
[00:56.96]Indigenous² Australians and fishermen
[01:00.18]have been walking the coast forever,
[01:02.88]but last December, Parks Victoria made it official --
[01:06.25]carving out a tidy 57-mile trail,
[01:09.98]adding clear signs and giving it an appropriately grand name:
[01:14.03]the Great Ocean Walk.
[01:20.39]Down Under 澳大利亚
[01:24.43]The Land Down Under
[01:26.36]脚下那边的土地
[01:35.72]Australians joke that Americans tend to spend their trips Down Under
[01:40.52]ticking off visits to the three R‘s --
[01:43.44]the reef, the rock and the road.
[02:03.43]tend to do sth.
[02:05.72]倾向于做某事
[02:07.70]I tend to go to bed early during the winter.
[02:11.16]我在冬天常睡得较早。
[02:13.93]tick off
[02:15.92]列举、简略地描述、逐次游览
[02:40.54]To be more specific,
[02:42.16]that‘s the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock (or Uluru) and
[02:45.95]the 171-mile Great Ocean Road,
[02:49.41]which runs between Torquay and Warrnambool
[02:52.80]in the southeastern state of Victoria.
[02:57.32]the reef, the rock and the road
[img:03:03.28]reef.jpg
[03:20.09]Uluru Rock 乌卢鲁巨石
[img:03:25.67]rock.jpg
[03:29.23]Great Ocean Road 大洋路
[img:03:32.44]Great Ocean Road.jpg
[03:48.57]Indigenous Australians and fishermen
[03:51.27]have been walking the coast forever,
[03:53.84]but last December, Parks Victoria made it official --
[03:58.88]carving out a tidy 57-mile trail,
[04:02.84]adding clear signs and giving it an appropriately grand name:
[04:07.42]the Great Ocean Walk.
[04:33.65]indigenous 土著的、本地的
[04:44.21]Indians were the indigenous inhabitants³ of America.
[04:49.44]印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
[04:53.90]have been walking the coast forever
[05:08.37]carve out 凿出、开拓，靠勤奋创业而树立名声
[05:16.09]She carved out a name for herself as a reporter.
[05:21.02]她靠苦干而成了有名的记者。
[05:27.45]trail 小径、小路
[05:40.20]tend to do sth.
[05:41.64]倾向于做某事
[05:43.35]tick off
[05:45.03]列举、简略地描述
[05:48.07]indigenous 土著的、本地的
[05:51.23]carve out 凿出、开拓
[05:54.38]trail 小径、小路
[06:02.02]Australians joke that Americans tend to spend their trips Down Under
[06:07.12]ticking off visits to the three R‘s --
[06:10.38]the reef, the rock and the road.
[06:14.35]To be more specific,
[06:15.95]that‘s the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock (or Uluru) and
[06:21.95]the 171-mile Great Ocean Road,
[06:26.65]which runs between Torquay and Warrnambool
[06:31.22]in the southeastern state of Victoria.
[06:34.16]Indigenous Australians and fishermen
[06:37.32]have been walking the coast forever,
[06:39.86]but last December, Parks Victoria made it official --
[06:45.44]carving out a tidy 57-mile trail,
[06:50.14]adding clear signs and giving it an appropriately grand name:
[06:55.88]the Great Ocean Walk.

1 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。

2 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

3 inhabitants   

n.居民，住户， （栖息在某地区的）动物( inhabitant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They set fire to the city and massacred all the inhabitants. 他们放火烧了这座城市，而且屠杀了所有的居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He quartered his men on the inhabitants in the town. 他把他的部队安置在镇上的居民家中。 来自《简明英汉词典》