实战口语情景对话 第117期:水仙镜 Water Wonderland

Todd:What is your hobby?

你的兴趣爱好是什么啊？

Matt:I suppose it is scuba¹ diving?

我想应该是潜水？

Todd:Oh, nice! Well, tell us about scuba diving.

哦，不错。那你给我们讲讲关于潜水的事吧。

Matt:Well, I haven't been for a while because I have been living in Japan and it's expensive to do it here, but when I was in Thailand I went scuba divingquite a lot. I did the PADI certificate. I just love it. I didquite a bitof scuba diving both in the Gulf² of Thailand and the Indian Ocean and saw whale sharks, leopard³ sharks andall sorts of things.

恩，我之前有段时间一直没有潜水因为我那个时候住在日本，来这儿一趟是很奢侈的。但当我到泰国的时候，我就总是去潜水。我有一个国际专业潜水教练协会的证书。我就是喜欢潜水。我总是在泰国湾和印度洋潜水，而且还会看到鲸鲨,豹鲨以及各种各样的东西。

Todd:How do they compare, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Thailand?

你是如何对比印度洋和泰国湾的呢？

Matt:Well, the Gulf of Thailand is quitepollutedand there is a lot of shipping⁴ that comes up from Singapore to Bangkok, whereas the Indian Ocean, it's called the Andaman Sea but it's part of the Indian Ocean is a lot cleaner but it can beaffected bymonsoons.

恩，泰国湾受污程度比较大，而且会有很多从新加坡到曼谷的船运，而印度洋，它被人们称为安达曼海。但作为印度洋的一部分它比较干净但却容易受季风的影响。

Todd:OK. Great. Thanks Matt.

哦，好的。谢谢你。

1 scuba   

n.水中呼吸器

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 leopard   

n.豹

参考例句：

• I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
• The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

4 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。