英语PK台 第73期:就在2015,英语重头再来!(1)

 Track two

When I was walking in Mongolia – the dogs! They terrified me outside the ‘ger’ and the tents

On horseback I never really had problems – Mongolian horses are not really bothered by dogs

I always felt comfortable in the saddle¹

The important thing was to get my own dog and I had thought I would get some big, bear-like mastiff to accompany me

But it did not turn out like that – when I arrived in Kazakhstan the winter was coming in

It would turn out to be the coldest winter in forty years – what they would call a ‘Zuud’ in Mongolian

It was -52 degrees – the earth became laid in this very thick ice

I met one Kazakh who started the winter with 300 horses and finished with one

Because the animals have to dig through the ice to reach the fodder² – if they can’t they starve

They say that horses that do survive to spring in those conditions are often naked³ because they eat the hair off their own body

I was fortunate to be guided in Kazakhstan by a Kazakh guy

At the end of that time he said Tim you definitely⁴ need a friend to accompany you on that long journey to Hungary

Someone to keep you warm at night in the tent and most importantly to protect you from wolves

That is when he gave me this little bony pup who I thought would not survive more than a couple of weeks

He was leaping off the snow onto my shoulders to get his paws⁵ out of the cold

But sure enough Tigin turned out to be my companion for the next three years as far as Hungary

Questions

1.What terrified Bruce in Mongolia?

2.What did Tim feel was important for him to get?

3.How cold did it become in Kazakhstan?

4.Why do many animals starve?

5.What did a Kazakh man give Tim?

1 saddle   

n.鞍，车座，山脊，拖具；vt.装以马鞍，使负担；vi.装马鞍

参考例句：

• The bicycle saddle is too high for this child.这辆自行车车座对这孩子来说太高了。
• We got the order to saddle up just after dawn.我们得到命令,天一亮就要上好马鞍。

2 fodder   

n.草料；炮灰

参考例句：

• Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.割下来晒干用作饲料的草。
• Guaranteed salt intake, no matter which normal fodder.不管是那一种正常的草料，保证盐的摄取。

3 naked   

adj.裸露的；赤裸裸的，无遮蔽的

参考例句：

• To the east of our school,there's a naked hillside.我们学校东边有片光秃秃的山坡。
• The children stripped off their clothes and swam naked in the river.孩子们脱得光溜溜的在河里游泳。

4 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

5 paws   

n.爪子( paw的名词复数 )；手

参考例句：

• Take your filthy paws off me! 把你的脏手从我身上拿开！
• Take your dirty little paws off me! 别用你的小黑手抓着我。 来自《简明英汉词典》