实战口语情景对话 第126期:老挝与泰国 Laos and Thailand

 Todd:So you went to Thailand, right?

你去了泰国，是吗？

Phil:Yep, I spent some time in Thailand. Unfortunately I didn't see very much of it. I saw Bangkok and Ko Samet.

对呀，我在泰国呆了一段时间。但不幸的是我并没有看到什么。我只去了曼谷和柯赛门特。

Todd:Oh, OK. Those are, Ko Samet is a nice place.

哦，好吧，就那些。柯赛门特可是个好地方。

Phil:Ko Samet is really nice. Good swimming.

柯赛门特很不错，游泳的环境相当棒。

Todd:Did you go to any countries around Thailand?

你去了泰国周围的哪些国家呢？

Phil:Yeah, we spent 2 weeks in Lao and I really, really enjoyed Lao. Lao is a very poor country. There's not much industry, a lot of it's still mining, fishing, on the Mekong you still see women panning¹ for gold, but my favorite place in Lao is a place called Luang Prabang, and it's, we really didn't do very much. There's lots of things to do. You can go to caves. You can take inner² tubes and go down the river, basically³ we just ate. The food is really good, a lot of French cuisine⁴, the Lao cuisine is good as well, but we just hung around, read books, and enjoyed our days because it was really, really hot, and really, really dry. This was in February.

恩，我在老挝呆了两个礼拜。我真是好好，好好地欣赏了一下老挝。那是一个非常贫困的国家。那没有太多的工厂，比较多的还是采矿业，渔业。在湄公河上你还会看到女人们在淘金子，但是在老挝我最喜欢的一个地方叫琅勃拉邦。但我们还是没有做什么。那是有很多事要做的。你可以走进洞穴。你可以拿根内管然后插进水里，不过基本上都是我们刚刚吃过的。那儿的食物真是不错。还有很多法式菜肴。不过老挝菜肴也是不错的，但我们只是在周边转了转，看了些书，尽情享受了一下时光。因为那儿真的是又热又干。这可是在二月。

Todd:Actually, I've been to Luang Prabang and I remember jogging along the river and, just right outside the city and we would jog for miles and miles, on this little trail. It was just beautiful.

其实我去过琅勃拉邦,我还记得我在河边慢跑。刚好就在城外，我们就沿着那条小路慢跑了数英里。那儿真的很美。

Phil:Yeah. Yeah, it's nice. I really like Luang Prabang. We went to Vietienne as well. It's not so much, it's not as cultural as say Luang Prabang is, but a lot of people like to go there to relax, hang out. That's where a lot of people take the tubes and go down the river so, but once again it was so hot we didn't really do any of that either. 是，是，很不错。我非常喜欢琅勃拉邦。我们还去了Vietienne.那儿不像我们说的琅勃拉邦那么好，那么有文化底蕴。很多人都是去那儿放松，溜达的。同时也会有很多人到那儿坐地铁，下水游泳的。但是我再说一遍，那儿真的是太热了，我们还是什么都没做。

1 panning   

n.装鱼箱，装鱼盘；淘金

参考例句：

• Some old miners are still panning for gold in the streams. 一些老矿工仍旧在这些河里淘金。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 inner   

adj.内部的，里面的；内在的，内心的；精神的

参考例句：

• The label is on the inner side of the box.标签贴在盒子内侧。
• Other people seek the mountains for renewal of their inner lives.另一些人到深山中去，寻求新的精神生活。

3 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

4 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。