实战口语情景对话 第285期:Ecuador 厄瓜多尔

 Jose: Ecuador, what do you want to know about my country? 

何塞：厄瓜多尔，你想知道我祖国的什么情况？

Todd: Well, can you talk about Ecuador like, um, you're from Ecuador? 

托德：嗯，你能谈谈厄瓜多尔的情况吗，你是来自厄瓜多尔吗？

Jose: Yes, yes! 

何塞：对，没错！

Todd: How big is Ecuador? 

托德：厄瓜多尔有多大？

Jose: 80% of Japan. 

何塞：大概是日本面积的80%。

Todd: Oh, really! 80% the size. 

托德：哦，真的吗？80%。

Jose: The size of Japan. 

何塞：日本面积。

Todd: OK, what is the landscape like of the country? 

托德：好，那厄瓜多尔的景色怎么样？

Jose: Ecuador is a country where you can experience, they say, all seasons in one day. You have so many microclimates because you have the Andes ranges, you have the coast and then you have two ranges, mountains, it's got actually, it's called the avenue¹ volcanoes². It's got key mountains. It's very beautiful. You have these subtropical valleys and then you have, you go to the amazon basin³. You have the jungle. So you have the jungle from the coast, the jungle also going to the Amazon, and you have this beautiful area in the Andes, so it's very, very nice. 

何塞：厄瓜多尔是一个你可以在一天内体验所有季节的国家。你可以体验到许多微型气候，因为那里有安第斯山脉，有海岸线，还有其他两座山脉，还有名为火山路的地方。那是个重点山区。非常漂亮。那里有位于亚热带的山谷，有亚马逊盆地和丛林。丛林与海岸线相连，丛林也和亚马逊盆地相连，安第斯山脉是个非常漂亮的地方，非常非常棒。

Todd: Oh, I want to go! 

托德：哦，我想去看看！

Jose: Please, please come! 

何塞：请来玩吧！

Todd: OK, when is the best time of year to Ecuador? 

托德：好的，一年中去厄瓜多尔旅游的最佳时间是什么时候？

Jose: Also, as I said the micro climate, that means⁴ that it depends on where you want to go. You want to go to the Galapagos the best time is from November to April probably. 

何塞：就像我说过那里有微型气候，这意味着取决于你要去的地方。你要是去加拉帕戈斯群岛的话，那11月到4月比较合适。

Todd: I don't want to go there now because you scared me because you said about the people going there. 

托德：我现在不想去那里，因为被你吓到了，你说过去那里的事情。

Jose: Yeah, yes! But it's a very beautiful place. I mean if you go just like tourist, you're going to, it's fantastic, it's a unique place. You can actually swim with the sea lions and they are chomping⁵ next to you, very beautiful. But I can not separate⁶ nature and from the people, so that is my problem. I think Ecuador is a very interesting place to be. 

何塞：对，没错！但是那是个非常漂亮的地方。我是说，如果你只是作为游客去那里的话，那非常棒，那是个很特别的地方。你可以和海狮一起游泳，它们就在你旁边，非常漂亮。当然我不能把自然和人类分开，所以这是我的问题。我认为厄瓜多尔是一个非常有意思的地方。

Todd: Well, I would like to go. I'd like to go Ecuador and learn Spanish actually. 

托德：嗯，我想去。我想去厄瓜多尔，还想学西班牙语。

Jose: Yeah, there are so many schools actually. There is a big business. Lots of music and culture. Mm, very pretty girls. That is the part that you like. 

何塞：嗯，实际上那里有许多学校。这是一个很大的市场。有不同的音乐和文化。嗯，有许多漂亮的女孩。这应该是你喜欢的部分。

Todd: Maybe! 

托德：也许吧！

1 avenue   

n.林荫道；大街；途径，手段

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He drove slowly.The avenue was crowded with people.他慢慢地开车，因为大街上挤满了人。

2 volcanoes   

n.火山( volcano的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Volcanoes and geysers erupt. 火山和间歇喷泉均能喷发。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. 他现在比任何人都能更多地向我们讲述有关活火山的情况。 来自《用法词典》

3 basin   

n.脸盆；盆地，流域

参考例句：

• He washed his hands in a basin.他在盆里洗了手。
• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

5 chomping   

v.切齿，格格地咬牙，咬响牙齿( chomp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Elizabeth and Lawrence are chomping at the bit to go on vacation. 伊莉莎白和劳伦斯迫不及待要去度假了。 来自互联网
• She was chomping away on a bagel. 她在嘎蹦嘎嘣地啃着一个硬面包圈。 来自互联网

6 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。