【听英文对话做选择】野营

原文：

Paul: Sara, I've been looking forward to our yearly¹ campout for three weeks. [Me too] It's going to be a wonderful day for hiking² tomorrow. The great outdoors. Camping under the stars . This is the life.

Sara: Yeah, but Paul, I'm a little bit worried about the weather though. The weatherman said it was going to rain later tonight.

 

Paul: Ah. nonsense³. Nothing can spoil⁴ our adventure. Those weather reports are never right.

 

Sara: And it said there was a chance of high winds.

 

Paul: Ah. Don't worry.

 

[thunder]

 

Sara: Paul. Paul. Did you remember to bring our raincoats just in case, like I told you?

 

[light rain]

 

Paul: Uh . . . no. I left them on the front porch⁵.

 

[heavy rain]

 

Sara: What are we going to do now?

 

Paul: We'll have to sleep in the car! Hurry get in!

 

[door shut]

 

Sara: So, Paul, what are we going to do now?

 

Paul: How about playing a card game?

 

Sara: Uhh. I left them next to the picnic table. [Hmmm] Hey, you don't want me to go out in this rain and get them, do you?

 

Paul: No. That's okay. So what now?

 

Sara: Well, we could head down the mountain and stay at that hotel we passed on the way up, or go home.

 

Paul: Hmm, why don't we just make the best of it here and hope the weather clears.

 

Sara: That's a good idea.

1. What are they planning on doing in the morning?

A. fishing

B. mountain biking

C. hiking

2. According⁶ to the weather report, when would it start raining?

A. in the afternoon

B. at night

C. in the morning

 

3. What did Paul forget to bring?

A. rain coats

B. umbrellas

C. rain boots

 

4. Where did Sara leave the playing cards?

A. next to picnic table

B. on picnic table

C. under picnic table

 

5. What do they finally decide to do?

A. stay at a hotel

B. return home

C. sleep at the campground

 

正确答案：

1. hiking

2. at night

3. rain coats

4. next to picnic table

5. sleep at the campground

1 yearly   

adj.每年的，一年一度的；adv.一年一次地

参考例句：

• The flower show is a yearly event in our town.我们镇上的花展一年举行一次。
• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。

2 hiking   

n.徒步旅行

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Hiking is not yet popular in China.徒步旅行在中国还不流行。

3 nonsense   

n.胡说，废话

参考例句：

• Go along with you! What you say is all nonsense!去你的！你说的全是废话！
• "Don't talk nonsense",she said sharply.“别胡扯”，她严厉地说。

4 spoil   

n.战利品，赃物，奖品，掠夺，次品；vt.损坏，破坏，溺爱；vi.腐坏，掠夺

参考例句：

• Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly,you'll spoil them.别把花束得这么紧，会弄坏的。
• Overacting will only spoil the effect.表演过火，效果反而不好。

5 porch   

n.门廊，入口处，走廊，游廊

参考例句：

• There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
• The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。

6 according   

adj.按照，根据

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。